Originally Posted by
His dudeness
I´m a chief pilot on a 2 man ops. I do feel very, very suspicious....
Well, to honest, you are a bit of a suspicious character...
Originally Posted by
FlyMD
It's the habit that Gulfstream have to include 4 initial type ratings which each new plane sold...
Not only Gulfstream
Originally Posted by
FlyMD
On 2 or 3-man private operations, chief pilots and other suspicious types end up getting typed....
Well, if it's a 2-3 man operation, getting a new aircraft, who would you type? the secretary?
Originally Posted by
FlyMD
Or else the remaining rating is sold via a training broker, and some hopeful ex-airline types himself and goes skulking on the freelance market...
Not such a problem in the US where small aviation companies have learned to negotiate sales contracts and exchange the additional rating for some other goodie...
In most if not all the companies I dealt with(all over the world), the extra initial training are exchanged for recurrent trainings (usually 1 initial=2 recurrent)