OK Potter and Air Mail
You’ve 200+ hours, no type rating, are either unemployed, or are working as a baggage handler/ White Van Man, or behind the counter at McDonalds, after spending ££££££ on your training.
Your options
a) You can wait another 6-12 months, earning +/-£10,000 p.a. Or
b) You grab the opportunity, (if you can afford to put yourself even deeper in debt),) spend £10-11,000 for the Shed type rating, and get a job.
After 1 year
a) You’re still probably looking, you’ve earned another £10,000, and you’ve still got 200+ hours, (unless you pay +/- £100p.hr. for flying experience), and you’re still chasing that shiny737 job, with lottery chances of getting it. Or
b) You’ve been employed for the year, flying commercially, at a salary of a minimum £20,000. After initial training costs, your net salary will be a bit less than if you had stayed on the ground. But, now you’re in a flying environment, with 600-900 hours under your belt. You’ve met people who know people in other airlines, all of which helps your way on to the next, better (?) position.
And, despite your derogatory remarks, Potter, regarding BAC Express and the Shed, valuable basic hours and flying experience will have been logged on a hands-on turbine airplane, as opposed to sitting waiting endlessly for that magic envelope to fly through your door with the offer of a shiny jet job.
I’m not suggesting going after a type rating willy-nilly. But the BAC Type Rating course has usually lead to a job in the past. At present, it's down to supply and demand. Presently, it's the employers calling the shots.
You both seem to have a down on flying Sheds with BAC- why? Are you writing from personal experience, or just spreading unsubstantiated scurrilous comments?
Muppet has just confirmed the above sentiments- he/ she seems to enjoy, or having enjoyed flying the Shed.