TIGER AIRWAYS type ratings
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TIGER AIRWAYS type ratings
Can anyone specify the arrangements for A320 type ratings at Tiger. Is it based on a salary sacrifice system like VB?
Can anyone verify whether Tiger are looking at additional bases around the country.
Thanks in advance.
Can anyone verify whether Tiger are looking at additional bases around the country.
Thanks in advance.
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Paying for your rating is just your most significant outlay with airlines these days.
Not specific to Tiger, but: Pay for travel to and from interview plus accommodation. Pay for any psychometric testing. Pay for any medical examination. Pay for Jepps, uniforms, dry cleaning, meals etc should you get a position.
Also, amazing how all these airlines want you to be highly experienced and current on their type of aircraft, IR renewal already out of the way for another 11 months 28 days... Does anyone want to pay anything for training, personal development these days?
Reason. They need that money to pay for the AVGAS, and in a few months they will have to raise fares or introduce fuel surcharges again, cause oil is climbing and there aint much fat left to trim.
Not specific to Tiger, but: Pay for travel to and from interview plus accommodation. Pay for any psychometric testing. Pay for any medical examination. Pay for Jepps, uniforms, dry cleaning, meals etc should you get a position.
Also, amazing how all these airlines want you to be highly experienced and current on their type of aircraft, IR renewal already out of the way for another 11 months 28 days... Does anyone want to pay anything for training, personal development these days?
Reason. They need that money to pay for the AVGAS, and in a few months they will have to raise fares or introduce fuel surcharges again, cause oil is climbing and there aint much fat left to trim.
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From what I've heard, pay up front, and no you can't shop around for a TR, so do it when and with whom they stipulate.
Cost: $37,000
Most people will claw 16K back in tax refund, make sure you have a contract before you pay for the rating...
Cost: $37,000
Most people will claw 16K back in tax refund, make sure you have a contract before you pay for the rating...
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And if you have been an unemployed pilot beforehand then tough luck, bank says they need to see 3 months wages going into your account right before, before they will consider a loan. EVEN if you show them the contract that says you have the job.
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Up until these LCC scums came onto the scene I can only assume Qantas and Ansett used to fly pilots down to Sydney or Melbourne and put them up at the airlines expense for the period of the interview and selection process. Or is that the wrong assumption????
Wake up to yourselves you have always paid for the 'priveledge' of an interview.
As for the enorsement, since when has the cost gone up to $37 000. It used to be closer to $30.
If you want to have a whinge, make it relevant. Otherwise you just add fuel to managements fire (against pilots). The cost of the endo is a legitimate complaint. The fact you have to pay in the first place is a sign of the times and been the norm overseas for a very long time. Get used to it.
Wake up to yourselves you have always paid for the 'priveledge' of an interview.
As for the enorsement, since when has the cost gone up to $37 000. It used to be closer to $30.
If you want to have a whinge, make it relevant. Otherwise you just add fuel to managements fire (against pilots). The cost of the endo is a legitimate complaint. The fact you have to pay in the first place is a sign of the times and been the norm overseas for a very long time. Get used to it.
