Guys, this is the ATP thread. Not the Cadet thread.
Anyone wishing to discuss the merits of spending 80k with no guarantee of a job should go to the “Cadet” thread.
Those of us who have already spent 50k and have not yet got a flying job, should stay here and discuss the merits of spending a further 9k to still be without a flying job.
Back on topic, I think if you don’t have an MCC then AQC is worth doing, worst case scenario it’s a really expensive MCC with some extra bits thrown in which will probably be a good foundation for your future sim assessments. No point in spending the extra 5k on an FI course at the moment.
Interesting though that the waiting lists for MCC courses seem to be growing fast. Is this possibly a sign that those who delayed finishing their training over the past few years due to the economic conditions have seen a glimmer of hope and are now frantically dusting off that IR and booking their MCC? That would suggest a steady rise in the number of low hours modular fATPL applicants over the next 6-12 months, the queue keeps growing.
Then 12 months from now, perhaps another rise as ex-RAF cadets and pilots who’ll be joining civy street finish off their conversions and fATPLs?
The queue is just going to get longer.
Being British, queuing is something I’m naturally gifted at, the Italians have great cooks, the French have great romantics, the British have great ‘queuers’. If this were a Post Office, and you realised your queue is not going to move then you (if you're British) instinctively look around to see if any other queue might move quicker.
So given that, perhaps joining the ATP "
Advanced
Queueing
Course" isn’t such a bad option?