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Tiger Airways, Singapore's low fare airline is looking for individuals,for the A 320 (posted on the flightinternational site)

No time on type required,the magic word is "self funding".

A good chance for those Frozen ATPL guys/girls who already decided to pay there way in to the right seat of what seems a logical order to some;PA 28 - PA 28R - PA 34 - A320.

It might take some of you clowns of the EU market and make some room for the turbo prop guys.

Please pack your bags and

:mad: off.

CAA
 

In answer to the original question as to how many people with a type rating get a job there is one organisation that knows all this and a whole lot more. The UK CAA. The medical data will show how many hours on type and they know the number of type ratings issued.

Arrowhead

AeroMadrid .... "been there, done that"
Is still there the option of paying for line training with your current employer? Was it through Eagle or Contractair?
PM me if you prefer.

Safe flights,
Zerograv

Selfsponsored ratings are here to stay, stop telling us that we are illoyal or that we are ruining everything for the rest of you. If there where lots of GA jobs around, I am sure that the number of pilots going for a selfsponsored rating would be very limited. In my experience its very hard to get to fly parachuters in a C182 for free, there are not many air taxi companys around anymore, and instructor jobs are very hard to find.

I got my CPL MCC MEP last year. Went for a rating 8 months ago, and now I am flying. There are a few airlines who hire people with no hours on type - I believe Travelservice is hiring F/O's now.

Safe landings

Student in debt - wow! piston to heavy jet in one leap, and all paid for. Congrats. Never heard of that before. You should be very very pleased. If you are for real, you should post your story here since it would inspire many.

Zerograv - line training is available at my current employer, although places are very limited. Suggest you try both Eagle and Contractair since both have great contacts there.

Sabre 60 - I agree that PA-anything to medium jet bears no relation. However, we should all remember that this was the norm pre 9/11...

If you can get a job without paying, then great. And you gotta try. After that, your type rating and line training costs equal approx one years take home pay as an A320/737 FO in a low-tax Asian environment....

arrowhead, i was under the impression that in china you need at least 1000hrs on type, at least that is what air china came back to me with, I would love to work in far east and yes will pay for a type rating (a320) and yes i speak mandarin (unfortunatly dragonair are out as i don't have HK residency, I'm just a happy brit). I put this out there rather than pm you as i think your advice may help out a few others who are probably in the same boat.

Arrowhead

My story is quite simple, BCPL and FI rating in 1999/2000, started instructing in June 2000, completed the IR in May 2001 and upgraded to full CPL, applied to every airline out there, got interview and sim ride with large UK charter outfit, no jobs due to the events of Sep 11th. One year later re-interviewed and 6 months after that finished instructing and started the type rating, on the line 3 months later. I am not the only inexpensive modular school/instructor to be taken on either.

Unfortunately the free aspect of becoming an employee at my airline has now been removed thanks to the influence of the low-cost airlines, you now have to contribute half of your training bond (£10k) and pay it back out of your salary over a couple of years. Management have also come under the spell of CTC and we have taken quite a few guys from their scheme.

Eaglejet's Asian A320 programme last required 500TT when I looked. But they may have changed the rules over the last year or so, since I believe there is quite a queue...