Hi...
I'm a newbie to the forum, but am especially interested in this thread. I am British, currently studying for my ATPL at Oxford. Being "slightly" more mature than the average ATPL student I am looking to boost my marketability by unfreezing my ATPL as quickly as possible. There are one or two US based companies which do "First Officer" schemes on anything including 737-800 and A321. I believe at present the training is actually conducted in Europe. However this is more extravagant than my pocket will stretch to.
What I really want (no I'm not a spice girl!) is to get about 500 hours on a twin exec jet of some description... Challenger, Embraer, Bae 146. I'm not really fussed.
One big problem seems to be this 12,500 limitation in the US. I'm still not clear from the posts whether or not the DOJ are allowing foreign nationals like me without a type rating, to train on aircraft over 12,500 lbs MTOW in US airspace or not.
Can anyone privately recommend somewhere that can provide about 500 hours training on a twin exec jet? (not necessarily US based, but preferrably so from the cost POV if the DOJ are now allowing it.)
Many thanks
Andy