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Old 18th May 2015, 13:48
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roundsounds
 
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First ATPL awarded under Part 61

I'm not sure why there's such focus on gaining an ATPL if you're not going to exercise the privileges. A type rating course will address the MCC aspects and the TR flight test will meet the ATPL test with very little additional effort. Employers need to sort out their stuff and align their recruitment policies with Part 61. Fair enough to require ATPL theory, but there is no point in insisting on the actual licence. I cannot imagine an employer taking on the holder of a fresh ATPL without muti-crew operational experience and putting them straight into the left seat of a multi crew type rated aeroplane.
It's time to let go of the old stuff and make this crap we're stuck with work.
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