Type rating
I understood that in the past even if you joined BA with a 737 rating from say BMI you were still put through a full type rating course as a matter of policy - thus the decision whether to recruit someone with a Dash 8 rating cost no more to the airline - has this changed?
Also I would have thought that because BA owns its own simulators and trainers the marginal cost of using them or not using them is negligible i.e. they are costing money whether they are being used or not - so is the saving of recruiting a 737-800 driver from Ryan v a turboprop driver actually a hill of beans anyway?
I for one still long to fly for BA, I just feel my chance slipping away as I'm leapfrogged by people from Ryan and Easy. I can only hope that BA and others see merit in changing heir policy in the not too deistant policy. Salvation may in fact come from Easyjet if they decide to open up to us poor buggers with the twirly things on the wings!!
Frustrating,
Desk-pilot