A couple of questions...
1. Why do mums always buy crap pop?
Seriously though, there is nothing more frustrating than people who have no other interest than getting themselves into a 737. Personally I'm very lucky I have managed to amass a couple of hundred hours in a corporate fms equipped citation. What a lot of people cant get their head round is the fact that its the company cessna 401 that would really float my boat. A dodgy autopilot, flying around at FL80 looking like an ice cube. Challenging flying, making command decisions in the early part of your career.
People are in a massive hurry to fly heavyish jets. Learn your trade, serve your
apprenticeship. Getting into the right hand seat of a boeing is not the finishing line.
There is a fantastic thread in the wannabees forum called I think "The full story from start to finish" I suggest that people read it. The guy was given the responsibility of a £300,000 cessna twin and trusted to fly single pilot IFR on an AOC wih all that that entails.
To the second question:
2. What would impress a interviewer more, a 1000 hours of which 200 are public transport multi single pilot IFR or a frozen ATPL with a bought type rating with no experience at all.
All that demonstrates is that you can fill in application forms for bank loans.
My advice to myself has always to learn to be a professional pilot not just fly in the RHS of a modern EFIS equipped airliner. It will of course come one day hopefully I hope I will do it justice
Im sorry to shatter the illusion but hand flying airliners is probably frowned upon and inefficient nowadays and when you do get to handfly, you're nothing more than a biological autopilot actuator following the Flight Director. You might as well be playing on a Play Station2.
I dont know what the rush is for. Ive got training bills like everybody else. The thought of paying more money for a TR is just totally stupid
in my own eyes. Should FR or EZY want to do it that way then let them. Dont get involved. There are many more jobs for wannabees around that dont involve FR or EZY.
Remember flying is fun, enjoy the rocky road to becoming a professional pilot and dont be in such a rush. When you are a training captain you will look back and laugh I guarantee it.
This is my own personal opinion you can all take it or leave it if you like - agree or disagree. If all you want to do is fly a 737 then now must be a very frustrating time for you.
IN THE MEANTIME work hard on your flying, learn your craft and when the time does come you will be first in the queue morally, in ability
and hours.