How long to wait for a TR course date ?

[buzzc152]

I was offered a job with a UK biz jet outfit about 6 weeks ago. Since then I've heard nothing except to say that they are having trouble getting a date for a type rating course.

Does it normally take so long to get a TR course booked or are they stalling for some reason ?

Probably being paranoid, I know.

[SmilingKnifed]

Uh oh! What's the company name?:eek:

[INSIDEVIEW]

Well i got hired also by a BiZ Jet operator (Bigger One) i'm on in 4 weeks ...depends where u go ..i need to go to Dallas CAE to do the rating so beforehand lots of paperwork...also the Slots are quite booked there...

may i recommend to call em and tell wahts up ..in my case i signed the Training Contract already ,so get up the sofa and ask em ...

Cheers

[international hog driver]

Courses can be hard to get.....

I was meant to go for a Sovereign course and got a date 6 weeks from start only because of a cancellation, otherwise it would have been 3 months.

As it happened I did not do the course anyway!

Right now I am told that Gulfstream "planeview" and Falcon "easy" slots can be difficult, luckily our mob are all in house.:{:E

Just be patient grasshopper;)

[theWings]

Don't be shy! Ask! They are now your employers and shouldn't mind putting you in the picture.

[buzzc152]

Just to bring this story to an end, after 3 months and being kept dangling, I get a phone call yesterday to say 'sorry, the company has stopped trading'. :*
Bah humbug.

Probably a blessing in disguise, but still very annoying.

Back to the drawing board then. (Anyone want to offer a biz jet job to a relatively low houred - 1300tt - , relatively nice guy like me ? :rolleyes:)

[Arfur Feck-Sake]

Commiserations from one who has also been dangled and dropped. The in-between time is dreadful.......life on hold just waiting for the call to confirm a start date. Don't we just love this industry.