Sharp airlines
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From: Australia
12 months on a Metro, 500+ hours ICUS and FO on a twin turbo-prop RPT.....CANT BEAT IT
I'm sure the passengers will thank you for those difficult months you spent 'doing the hard yards' on your parents' dollar as they bask in all thine glory from the rear of a Merlin
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From: Your Grandma's house
Shall I bite? Or shall I leave it to J3
I reckon old mjohnstone is legit. Who else would put their first initial and last name for a stirring username...
mjohnstone
To get things you need to do the hard yards, its not just going to magically appear on your front door step and you get off the couch and open the door and its there. The ones that have currently succeeded have put everything into it, and deserve all the credit.
How did you come by the funds to pay your first years wage plus training?
j3
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From: Hamilton
Hey mate. Hate to break it to you but you got your facts wrong. RPT has to be two pilots, anything above 9 pax requires two pilots, therefor obviously Sharp require aCaptain and an FO. By the way does anyone who replied to my comments fly anything bigger than a single engine piston?
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From: The Shire
Hey mate. Hate to break it to you but you got your facts wrong. RPT has to be two pilots, anything above 9 pax requires two pilots, therefor obviously Sharp require aCaptain and an FO. By the way does anyone who replied to my comments fly anything bigger than a single engine piston?
You'll have 500 hours on a metro with no command time, no prospect of getting a command and the reality that you may have to go and fly through the GA ranks on one of those dreaded 210s to get back to the Metro
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From: Under the wing, asleep.
mjohnstone. Read your regs more thoroughly. The Metro is certified single pilot. The operation isn't. There's a difference.
And maybe look around the forum....pretty easy to figure out what these guys fly -hint it ain't single engine piston
And maybe look around the forum....pretty easy to figure out what these guys fly -hint it ain't single engine piston
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From: Your Grandma's house
By the way does anyone who replied to my comments fly anything bigger than a single engine piston?
And in answer to your question, yes I do fly something bigger than a S/E piston, something with a MTOW of 6804 or 7485. Those figures ring a bell?
Like most people, saved up as much as possible and borrowed the rest from my parents, and plan to pay it back in the next 3-6 years, so how did you afford your carrer and how much did it cost?
j3
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From: The Shire
Quote:
Like most people, saved up as much as possible and borrowed the rest from my parents, and plan to pay it back in the next 3-6 years, so how did you afford your carrer and how much did it cost?
I didn't have parents who I could afford to lend me money. I saved 65k over 4years. I must not be like most people...
j3
Like most people, saved up as much as possible and borrowed the rest from my parents, and plan to pay it back in the next 3-6 years, so how did you afford your carrer and how much did it cost?
I didn't have parents who I could afford to lend me money. I saved 65k over 4years. I must not be like most people...
j3
Cadet schemes are not so glamorous when you need to pay for it yourself
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From: Earth
Operators these days must be laughing straight to the bank!
Operators these days must be laughing straight to the bank!
Yeah cause they now have people wanting to pay them for a job.
As victor meldrew said I don't believe it !
Yeah cause they now have people wanting to pay them for a job.
As victor meldrew said I don't believe it !
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From: Under a Cumulus
Three simple guides to being in a commercial flying job:
1) if YOU pay for the endorsement, it's not a job
2) if YOU pay for the CIR renewals, base checks, it's not a job
3) If YOU ever shell out a dollar for sitting in the aircraft, it's not a job
This industry is hard enough to earn a living wage in without cashed up individuals buying the seat.
Rant over.
And yes my ride only has a MTOW of 4110Kg so what do I know?
1) if YOU pay for the endorsement, it's not a job
2) if YOU pay for the CIR renewals, base checks, it's not a job
3) If YOU ever shell out a dollar for sitting in the aircraft, it's not a job
This industry is hard enough to earn a living wage in without cashed up individuals buying the seat.
Rant over.
And yes my ride only has a MTOW of 4110Kg so what do I know?
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From: Hamilton
ROXY CHICK???
That's stupid, tell me whats wrong with starting with a regional airline, you have to to start small and work your way up. Your failing to understand the point. Its not always the best way to start with the big airlines, i know someone who did the Qantas cadetship ( sounds rather impressive ) over a year ago, and he hasn't got a job. He is still on the list waiting. Not a favourable situation. So explain what you think the best way to get up to the airlines.
Cheers
That's stupid, tell me whats wrong with starting with a regional airline, you have to to start small and work your way up. Your failing to understand the point. Its not always the best way to start with the big airlines, i know someone who did the Qantas cadetship ( sounds rather impressive ) over a year ago, and he hasn't got a job. He is still on the list waiting. Not a favourable situation. So explain what you think the best way to get up to the airlines.
Cheers
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From: Australia
Agree with Rox. MJohnston you just don't know how to post (or maybe you do and you're actually just a twit).
You definitely need to read the Regs, and not just the ones Sharp photocopy for you. (RPT must be two pilots??? Elaborate.)
I'd love to see you fly a few of the single engine pistons around the joint and do it to a proper standard. The number of engines and your machine's MTOW are not direct correlations to your skill or worth as a pilot... even if they give you a cool hat to wear.
Nighty night.
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You definitely need to read the Regs, and not just the ones Sharp photocopy for you. (RPT must be two pilots??? Elaborate.)
I'd love to see you fly a few of the single engine pistons around the joint and do it to a proper standard. The number of engines and your machine's MTOW are not direct correlations to your skill or worth as a pilot... even if they give you a cool hat to wear.
Nighty night.
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From: sydney
Some people are very fortunate to have the funds for a cadetship and some are unfortunate.
If you have to ask your parents for money, there's nothing wrong with that.
I may not know to much about the Aviation industry, but its fair to say that it doesn't take time to realise how hard the industry is, You need to be hungry to survive and succeeded.
So at the end of the day everyone chooses different paths in the industry and we need to support one another, to many negatives.
Safe Flying!!
If you have to ask your parents for money, there's nothing wrong with that.
I may not know to much about the Aviation industry, but its fair to say that it doesn't take time to realise how hard the industry is, You need to be hungry to survive and succeeded.
So at the end of the day everyone chooses different paths in the industry and we need to support one another, to many negatives.
Safe Flying!!