How long to wait for a TR course date ?
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How long to wait for a TR course date ?
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.
Does it normally take so long to get a TR course booked or are they stalling for some reason ?
Probably being paranoid, I know.
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HOLLA
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
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
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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.
Just be patient grasshopper
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.
Just be patient grasshopper
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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 ?
)
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 ?
)
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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.
