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Old 21st Apr 2003, 18:53
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ccy sam
 
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If you have a choice, go for the multi piston command time. The Metro f/o time will only look good if you've got the command time. The last regional airline I worked for employed ansett cadets as f\os on their turbo props. When AN went belly up they were virtually unemployable as some of them didn't even have 500 hour single eng. command time. I think the only ones working now are the lucky few who scored with QF. The rest have left the industry or have had to start at the bottom again to get the required experience.Until CASA and the insurance industry change their policy f/o time is next to worthless without the minimum command time. Whose to say the metro operation will even be there in six months?
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