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Old 18th Nov 2014, 06:50
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Trossie
 
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Consider the following:

1. Never believe a word that any training organisation tells you about how their type rating will make you more employable, they are only interested in the money that they can take off you now and couldn't care about your long term prospects.

2. Recruiters will be looking at piles of applications with type ratings with absolutely no experience on type. All you would have done is just moved yourself from one long waiting list to another. With a whole lot less money in your wallet (or a huge debt).

3. Don't aim too high for that first job, consider some 'lowly' flying job just to keep yourself flying and keep some money coming in. If you're dead set on paying for a rating, make it an instructor rating and get a job that way. You will be appreciated in that interview room a lot more if you have shown the commitment to do things that way than if you have the 'big blobby Breitling' thing!

If your nose is too high for those lowly jobs, then that will probably show up in the interview for any job!
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