View Poll Results: Type rating?
Bought Type rating - got the job
4
66.67%
Bought Type rating - told "need time on type"
1
16.67%
You were told buy the type and get the job - but did not get a job offer anyway
1
16.67%
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Type Rating - which type, where, why pay etc?
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Paying For a Type Rating
I would be very interested to hear from anyone that has paid for their own entry level rating. Such as SD360 or Bandit. Have you done the rating and are still waiting for a job or have you been successful? 
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Offered a type rating course
A well established air feight company has offered me the chance to undergo a type rating course, obviously at a not inconsequential price, with regards possible evaluation for recruitment. Is this a god idea, can I afford it, and what are the chances of them offering me a job. I've always done well, first time passes in everything, 1000hrs+, and if there is a job I can afford it, if you know what I mean. Any relevant advice appreciated
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Kougar,
Just received the same letter for a SD-360 course starting in February 2002.
If it is the same company, I had a jump seat ride with them in December 2000. Flew with a training captain who took my CV and recommended me to the chief pilot. So far, it hasn't got me anywhere.
I've got similar experience, 1000+ hours, current IR, etc. and I live within 45 minutes of one of the company's bases.
I don't think I will be taking them up on their generous offer. Although I have indicated that I would be prepared to contribute to my type rating if they took me on. The type rating is not worth much if you do not get a job with them as the limited hours gained on the aircraft and the training may not be attractive to another operator.
Among their requirements for acceptance on the course is a CRM certificate. I thought MCC covered that requirement. Perhaps someone could clarify the situation.
I would be interested to hear from any other potential candidates. No doubt there will be some with ten grand + VAT burning a hole in their pocket prepared to take a chance.
Just received the same letter for a SD-360 course starting in February 2002.
If it is the same company, I had a jump seat ride with them in December 2000. Flew with a training captain who took my CV and recommended me to the chief pilot. So far, it hasn't got me anywhere.
I've got similar experience, 1000+ hours, current IR, etc. and I live within 45 minutes of one of the company's bases.
I don't think I will be taking them up on their generous offer. Although I have indicated that I would be prepared to contribute to my type rating if they took me on. The type rating is not worth much if you do not get a job with them as the limited hours gained on the aircraft and the training may not be attractive to another operator.
Among their requirements for acceptance on the course is a CRM certificate. I thought MCC covered that requirement. Perhaps someone could clarify the situation.
I would be interested to hear from any other potential candidates. No doubt there will be some with ten grand + VAT burning a hole in their pocket prepared to take a chance.
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In the current climate, with your kind of hours I think you would be mad to shell out on a type rating course with only the 'possibility' of an interview at the end of it. There are hundreds of experienced pilots on the market at present and this company (if it's the one I think it is) have been offering this for a number of years with very few people actually securing employment with them.
Search for previous threads on the same subject and also consider applying to the ATP Academy.
Good Luck
PP
Search for previous threads on the same subject and also consider applying to the ATP Academy.
Good Luck
PP
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please guys be very very careful accepting this offer, there are not many shed operators left in the UK and if you do not get the job at the end of the training this could be more money down the drain. In the last recession friends of mine did a similar thing with British Midland, very few got jobs but most got very big debts!
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Don't do it.
I agree wholeheartedly with Pilot Pete on this one. Keep your money in the Bank.
p.s. Pete, did my first ever go around for real in the airplane on Christmas day........entertaining. Handled beautifully by yours truly of course......ha ha.
I agree wholeheartedly with Pilot Pete on this one. Keep your money in the Bank.
p.s. Pete, did my first ever go around for real in the airplane on Christmas day........entertaining. Handled beautifully by yours truly of course......ha ha.
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£20,000 for Type Rating/Hour Building/Aircraft Share?
Things are definitely not going according to plan for me, due to recent events!
Aged 35 with a frozen ATPL, Perf A, MCC and 400 hours (120 of them multi piston) - there are no job offers.
In the current environment, what would the more experienced ppruners do with £20,000, if they aspired to flying a glass cockpit jet transport (anywhere in the world)? :-
1. Go on holiday until things improve!!?. .2. Get a jet type rating from GECAT (or similar organisation)?. .3. Do one of those "First Officer hour building programs" in the USA?. .4. Buy a share in a light (IFR) aircraft and fly a few hundred hours?. .5. Get an Instructor rating and any of the above!?
Would just like to move forward a bit! Your comments and advice are really appreciated.
Thanks and cheers,. .WCB
Aged 35 with a frozen ATPL, Perf A, MCC and 400 hours (120 of them multi piston) - there are no job offers.
In the current environment, what would the more experienced ppruners do with £20,000, if they aspired to flying a glass cockpit jet transport (anywhere in the world)? :-
1. Go on holiday until things improve!!?. .2. Get a jet type rating from GECAT (or similar organisation)?. .3. Do one of those "First Officer hour building programs" in the USA?. .4. Buy a share in a light (IFR) aircraft and fly a few hundred hours?. .5. Get an Instructor rating and any of the above!?
Would just like to move forward a bit! Your comments and advice are really appreciated.
Thanks and cheers,. .WCB
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Get yourself a job as an instructor / taxi -flight / areal fotography / etc... Get as much good experience as you can and be keen.
Use a part of your 20K on stamps and phone-bills to get this "dream" job.
With the right attitude you'll get there. Plus a lot of companies and interviewers like it much better this way.
Good luck !
Use a part of your 20K on stamps and phone-bills to get this "dream" job.
With the right attitude you'll get there. Plus a lot of companies and interviewers like it much better this way.
Good luck !
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As above but keep the ifr bit active, whether its Elite and all the PC bells and whistles or blocks of cheap frasca twin sim time, whatever it takes.. .If you get a sniff of a job there will be a sim check. Its all down to your scan. It gets rusty alarmingly quickly where jets are concerned.. .Maybe do a trip out to the US and do a Cpl IR out there. Cheap prices and a different slant on your UK experiences. No eurocontrol or landing fees!!. .Combine it with the holiday you were going to take.. .UK instructor rating is about 5 grand for a single engine basic without the multi add on/Ifr/whatever else.. .For 10 grand you could go right now to the us and get a CPL/multi/IR with Flight instructor and Multi engine plus instructor.. .At a guess it would take you around 2/3 months or maybe less. If you get the right school they will take you on and you will fly far more hours than you ever would in the UK.. .You will rack up 60 to 80 hours just doing all the instruction for the ratings.. .Let alone what you get to fly afterwards.. .BTW, a type rating might be OK on a 737, but your prospective employer might still want you to do it all again anyway!!
type rating in Czech Republic
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Type rating - B737 and/or A320. Where, who, and why?
Hello everybody,. .I would like to receive your advices about this question I´m going to do:. .I actually have 550 TT and I am planning to pay for a B737-800 Jaa type rating + 250-400 fligh hours.Would you do that or would you use the amount of money that the type rating cost(aprox.45000 USD)to build more flight time in USA?I have been told that a B737-800 type rating + 250-400 hours open you a lot of doors.Is it true?. .Tnank you very much
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Charlitos,. .. .Your plan sounds good. Which program in Europe provides a type rating on the 737-800 AND 200-400 hours of flight time in the aircraft? Is there such a program - flying for which airline?. .. .Another question - why does your post on the General Questions Forum state that you have 350 hours total vs. the 550 hours you mention on this forum?. .. .Good luck either way!
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I made a mistake.Actually I have 350 TT.So you think that it is better to do the type rating instead of building about 1000-1500 TT in piston planes.Don´t you?I´m thinking in doing the Type Rating because it would probably help me more to get an airline job.