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Old 3rd Jun 2012, 18:38
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flyboy410
 
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Frankly speaking, the airline industry isn't doing well at all. At least not since the 08' downturn. There's an excess of pilots for a relatively small demand. Terms and conditions are deteriorating. Enough experienced aviators are there in the field for airlines to pick up for their needs. Only a few airlines give a chance to the less experienced. Many who enter the field and don't find success end up unemployed and possibly caught in debt. It doesn't make sense to attempt to enter the airline industry as a pilot without a backup profession to fall back on.

That said, after your IR+CPL, mostly what comes is a MCC, jet orientation course, and then a TR course. Sometime in between, you should have completed your ATPL theory examinations as well. The implementation of these courses vary from country to country but whatever the case, by the end of a TR course, you should have the knowledge & skills obtained through these courses. Now-a-days many airlines (mostly the good ones) require around 500 hours on type for qualifying as a first officer; something which a regular TR course doesn't offer. A couple of LCCs do waive off this requirement.

I believe in the Phillipines there exists a MPL programme sponsored by Cebu Pacific but I don't know much about it and am unsure. Make use of the search function of the forum.

All the best...
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