Citation II, Excel or Embraer Legacy Type Rating
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Citation II, Excel or Embraer Legacy Type Rating
If investing in a type rating which of the three above have the likeliest highest demand and shelf life?
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Another thing to consider is what these ratings give you access to (with differences training):
C500 lets you fly the Citation 500, Citation I & I/SP, Citation II, II/SP, SII & Bravo, and Citation V, Ultra & Encore. That's a lot of airplanes we are talking about, even though most of them are out of production.
C560XL lets you fly only the Excel and XLS, but these are brand new and they are selling like hot cakes.
Finally, ERJ allows you to fly the EMB135, 140 & 145 and Legacy. With this one, you can apply to regional airlines as well as business aviation companies. That's the one I would choose for that reason, along with the fact that it's the only rating of the three that is above 20 tons MTOW.
But as said above, find a job first... I wouldn't venture my own money in any of these ratings without an employment letter from a trustworthy operator... Plus the job market now is so good, that you can probably have the airline pay for your rating anyways...
Good luck to you...
TTF
C500 lets you fly the Citation 500, Citation I & I/SP, Citation II, II/SP, SII & Bravo, and Citation V, Ultra & Encore. That's a lot of airplanes we are talking about, even though most of them are out of production.
C560XL lets you fly only the Excel and XLS, but these are brand new and they are selling like hot cakes.
Finally, ERJ allows you to fly the EMB135, 140 & 145 and Legacy. With this one, you can apply to regional airlines as well as business aviation companies. That's the one I would choose for that reason, along with the fact that it's the only rating of the three that is above 20 tons MTOW.
But as said above, find a job first... I wouldn't venture my own money in any of these ratings without an employment letter from a trustworthy operator... Plus the job market now is so good, that you can probably have the airline pay for your rating anyways...
Good luck to you...
TTF
