When did airlines cease doing training circuits?
Sorry, can someone explain - do you mean that pilots who need to fly circuits for qualification in airliners have to pay their flying costs - if so is that full cost, marginal cost, fuel cost or what - how much a circuit, how many circuits?
Dumbfounded of the Vendee
Dumbfounded of the Vendee
Wander ...
After the lad or lass has paid £50k or more for a bare commercial licence, a type rating will be needed. This tends to cost €30k for a light twin such as a 737 or airbus 320. It can be obtained by straight purchase (externally at your own risk) or by joining an airline that's recruiting at the time and then paying. The €30k type rating includes free simulator and free circuits *** to the required number. Don't ask what happens if the examiner has to enquire what your mummy calls you. The bonus for actually joining an airline first and then paying up front, is that you've got a "job" and you don't have to pay back the training cost of your type rating out of your salary (if you're lucky enough to actually get a salary from your "job".) But you may well have to pay for your inflight crew meals and your uniform. Subsequent type conversions will probably be zero flight time as previously explained by more knowledgeable and involved ppruners such as Capt. Airclues. But you may have to sign a bond of some kind to get the conversion or command training.
*** DanW is thus 100% correct about circuits being "Revenue Flights." I'd have got very depressed it were me.
"Sixteen Tons of Number Nine Rules" LFH
After the lad or lass has paid £50k or more for a bare commercial licence, a type rating will be needed. This tends to cost €30k for a light twin such as a 737 or airbus 320. It can be obtained by straight purchase (externally at your own risk) or by joining an airline that's recruiting at the time and then paying. The €30k type rating includes free simulator and free circuits *** to the required number. Don't ask what happens if the examiner has to enquire what your mummy calls you. The bonus for actually joining an airline first and then paying up front, is that you've got a "job" and you don't have to pay back the training cost of your type rating out of your salary (if you're lucky enough to actually get a salary from your "job".) But you may well have to pay for your inflight crew meals and your uniform. Subsequent type conversions will probably be zero flight time as previously explained by more knowledgeable and involved ppruners such as Capt. Airclues. But you may have to sign a bond of some kind to get the conversion or command training.
*** DanW is thus 100% correct about circuits being "Revenue Flights." I'd have got very depressed it were me.
"Sixteen Tons of Number Nine Rules" LFH
