Thanks for that Tosh.
Job scene with the rating looks quite good at the moment.
Emerald/Streamline are always after crew for the SD330/60 and at the moment so are BAC. If you want it from the horses mouth give Peter Norton a ring at BAC.
Everyone from past TRTOs got jobs.
Yes it is a pain paying for the rating but once you have passed the LST and on the payrole every thing else is paid for; medicals, IR renewals, fire and smoke, security, first aid, CRM, annual refreshers, DG, line training, LHS, travel, hotels and expences. And you get to fly for free:- sounds too good to be true.
When Gill went bust, all the guys who had shed rating had no problems getting jobs. Of course as the market has improved many have now gone back to the ATR or F100, which in turn is generating vacancies again on the shed.
And when BA kick you out on the street at 55, and you have no where to go, yes you've guessed it fall back on the shed.