Desert Budgie, look what I found this evening for Gulf Air, 320 F/O:
GULF1724 - Direct Entry Rated First Officers for Airbus A320 - Gulf Air
To be considered for this position you must:
- Have frozen ATPL (JAA equivalent);
- Be fluent in spoken and written English;
- Have a current medical;
- Have a total of 800 flying hours;
- Have 400 on type flying hours;
- Have 400 flying hours on Jet multi-crew aircraft; and
- Be less than 51 years of age on the day of application.
As I said, these job offers are there more often than you think. The basic training plus the TR+500, and the missing 50-100 hours, the cheapest c152 and you are ready for it. It doesn't mean you're gonna get it, but at least you can apply.