Keep your heads up [Archive]

737.pilot

27th Jan 2006, 20:37

Hello.

Just wanna tell you all about my fight to get "the job". Funded my own 737 rating but didn't get a job right away. got one six month later, a contract for 4 month. Got a total of 250 hours on the type but its hard to get a job anyway. but now i finally got a permanent job on the 737. My experience is that is you keep your head high you will get the job.
Best of luck to all of you out there...

737.pilot

StevenG

27th Jan 2006, 22:39

Hear Hear!
See if I can scoot up a couple of places in line over the next 6 months.
Congrats my man.:cool:

hazehoe

27th Jan 2006, 23:03

congratulations , your "fight" has paid off.;)

Craggenmore

28th Jan 2006, 07:29

congratulations , your "fight" has paid off.But how much do you now owe the banks, what interest is it accruing each month and how do you feel for helping to erode general T's and C's for the industry...Or is it a case of "Im alright mate so screw the rest!"

That's probably why its a contract for just 4 months; people are willing to fund TR's so you get no stability and get dropped like a hot potato when not needed. Plus you spend a great deal of your career scratching around short term contract carriers who treat you like dirt (PPruNe is full of moaning threads about these ones) for no carrier with any decency (are there any left?) will touch you; Congratulations? I'm not so sure.

Just a thought.

737.pilot

29th Jan 2006, 10:37

I hear you and its probeley the case for many pilot. I have worked for 4 years with a small regional carrier, and because of that I don't owe that much.:) But I agreee with you cos many of the low cost carriers do not pay you much, they now you need the job.:ouch:
But I was just trying to let others know that just because you do not get the job right away , you need to keep your spirit up.

Longchop

30th Jan 2006, 10:11

But how much do you now owe the banks, what interest is it accruing each month and how do you feel for helping to erode general T's and C's for the industry...Or is it a case of "Im alright mate so screw the rest!"
That's probably why its a contract for just 4 months; people are willing to fund TR's so you get no stability and get dropped like a hot potato when not needed. Plus you spend a great deal of your career scratching around short term contract carriers who treat you like dirt (PPruNe is full of moaning threads about these ones) for no carrier with any decency (are there any left?) will touch you; Congratulations? I'm not so sure.
Just a thought.
:eek: Say it like it is Craggenmore!!Dont hold back!!:ooh:

True though!:sad: