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BULLDOG 248 8th Nov 2010 01:59

S/E CPL to Airlines
 
Just curious. Reading some of the F27 thread made me think, are there any guys or girls still flying that went straight from a S/E CPL into the airlines and for some the F27 was their Initial Twin Endorsement???????? Stories over a beer or three over the weekend we came up with a few names. One who had flown nothing bigger than a C172!!!!!!!!(we think??????) See....all those S/E hours are worth something.

ForkTailedDrKiller 8th Nov 2010 02:19

I met an Ansett captain back in the 70's who went from PA32 VFR CPL charter pilot to F27 FO in one BIG step.

Last I heard, he was flying a motel.

It always amuses me to read what a "wonderful" airline ANSETT was - and then recall that this guy couldn't wait to get out.

Dr :8

Capt Fathom 8th Nov 2010 02:21


One who had flown nothing bigger than a C172
That's a bit far fetched! It was a C182!

B772 8th Nov 2010 03:17

Bulldog 248

The only pilot I know who is still airline flying (VB) joined AN in the 60's with only SE experience and no IF rating. He is now over 65 years.

In more recent times a young pilot I knew with little experience joined AN in 1989 and went to the RHS of the B727-200. The biggest aircraft he had flown was the B55.

Aussie 8th Nov 2010 10:47

Plenty of us in EU that had 250hrs a bare few hrs in a basic Twin piston with IR and no command time flying small to medium jets.... :D

training wheels 9th Nov 2010 13:06

It's happening now in Indonesia ... a few guys in the type rating course after me, flying a 60 seat turbo-prop, only have a single engine IFR rating.


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