747 type rating
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747 type rating
Is it possible to get a 747 type rating as your first rating after your professional training? Im a little in the unknown about type ratings, however, i imagined that an aircraft, such as a 747, would require an already experienced crew. Am i right in saying this? Thank you.
Richard
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I am sure someone would be happy to take your money off you so you could get a 747 type rating.... then getting someone to give you a job with zero hours on type I would guess would be nigh on impossible...
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Only three or four years ago people used to say that it would be impossible to get a job with any SSTR. Even, that it might be counter-productive. How things change. So...we're probably probably heading for 200hr 747 drivers (with a SSTR of course).
Yes, you can do the 747 rating as the first one.
Yes, you can do the 747 rating as the first one.
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Go to the USA, there you can get a 747 Rating with a simple Multi Engine Private Pilots license. I think its 40 hours for a private license, so you could have 40 hours and a 747 rating. CRAZY but true.
Talk about bragging rights. Hey, we can all dream.............
Talk about bragging rights. Hey, we can all dream.............
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not a problem if you are in the right place,friend of mine out of oxford,no flying job for 2 years,spotted advert in HKG for SIA 747 freighter first officer position.applied and is now on the 400f,HKG resident card certainly helped,but hours proved not to be an issue.pass the type rating and you can fly the aircraft,just not that many opportunities for a rookie to jump straight onto a heavy jet.
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However you look at it. You are drastically reducing your chances of a job offer with no hours and a 744 type rating.
Much better off spending the cash on a type that is ubiquitous and likely to take low hours guys straight from training.
A320 / 737 / Turboprop
Much better off spending the cash on a type that is ubiquitous and likely to take low hours guys straight from training.
A320 / 737 / Turboprop
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The Icelandic Flight Academy and Airbourne Personnel were offering self sponsored type ratings on the 747-classic a few months back, however the minimum requirement was a 1000 hours with some previous turbine time. As said in theory if you have a frozen ATPL then you can tag on any rating you can afford.
Low hours pilots have been employed as cruise refief pilots on 747s and A340s, nearly all the Cathay Pacific cadets start as cruise relief crew, which still requires them to hold the type rating, so essentially these cadets are going from 200 hours with frozen ATPL to A340/747 type rating. Virgin in the mid nineties did have a part sponsorship scheme where the course graduates were taken on as cruise relief pilots, but the company has never since repeated the same scheme.
PARC did at one point run a SSTR on the 747 with Cargolux, 1500 hours was required to apply but previous jet time was not required.
Low hours pilots have been employed as cruise refief pilots on 747s and A340s, nearly all the Cathay Pacific cadets start as cruise relief crew, which still requires them to hold the type rating, so essentially these cadets are going from 200 hours with frozen ATPL to A340/747 type rating. Virgin in the mid nineties did have a part sponsorship scheme where the course graduates were taken on as cruise relief pilots, but the company has never since repeated the same scheme.
PARC did at one point run a SSTR on the 747 with Cargolux, 1500 hours was required to apply but previous jet time was not required.
