Cargo pilot?
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Cargo pilot?
My question is: Can a newly fresh from flight school student with around 200 hours get a job in a cargo airline/company? I want to know about Cargo since commercial airlines are flooded with wanna be's, why don't people consider cargo?
I don't know much about airlines but say I go to Emirates and say I want to be a Cargo pilot and I have low hours as I have just got out of flight school. is the selection process like the 'normal way'? or is Cargo totally different? would I need more hours to be a cargo pilot? I also believe the pay is lower and stuff, am I correct?
But the main thing is, say I can't find a job as a commercial pilot, can I go to cargo? instead of being jobless at home waiting for a call?
And airlines like Emirates, Etihad, Qatar airways have cargo sections? special planes for it? I don't think I've seen 'cargo pilot application' on any of these websites so idk I'm just curious about this, I don't know how to explain it haha .. but hopefully you get the point.. somehow...
Oh and the License is the same right? ''fATPL'' /JAA?
I don't know much about airlines but say I go to Emirates and say I want to be a Cargo pilot and I have low hours as I have just got out of flight school. is the selection process like the 'normal way'? or is Cargo totally different? would I need more hours to be a cargo pilot? I also believe the pay is lower and stuff, am I correct?
But the main thing is, say I can't find a job as a commercial pilot, can I go to cargo? instead of being jobless at home waiting for a call?
And airlines like Emirates, Etihad, Qatar airways have cargo sections? special planes for it? I don't think I've seen 'cargo pilot application' on any of these websites so idk I'm just curious about this, I don't know how to explain it haha .. but hopefully you get the point.. somehow...
Oh and the License is the same right? ''fATPL'' /JAA?
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What makes you think people don't consider cargo?
Reading your comments you appear to be grossly uninformed. Please, for the sake of yourself, do some research. The resources are not hard to find - there's even a cargo forum on this site.
Reading your comments you appear to be grossly uninformed. Please, for the sake of yourself, do some research. The resources are not hard to find - there's even a cargo forum on this site.
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I want to know about Cargo since commercial airlines are flooded with wanna be's, why don't people consider cargo?
special planes for it?
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Hey no RYR, what happened to shonky old turboprops dodging weather in the dead of night?
Some of the stuff these newbies are comeing out with these days is just shocking considering they have just hocked their parents to the tune of £100k!
Some of the stuff these newbies are comeing out with these days is just shocking considering they have just hocked their parents to the tune of £100k!
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Example being Jet2 who convert two of their 737 on an evening to cargo aircraft and then back to passenger for the morning.
Why do you think people wouldn't consider cargo? Not glamorous enough for some?
Why do you think people wouldn't consider cargo? Not glamorous enough for some?
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It seems because he is only just considering cargo, he assumes noone else has before him.
He's obviously never been to a large airport and seen the many DHL & FedEx jets that are typically lined up
He's obviously never been to a large airport and seen the many DHL & FedEx jets that are typically lined up
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Some airlines operate both passenger and cargo transport on the same aircraft can you imagine! That must be super special!
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If anything Cargo operators are harder to get into than passenger airlines. Some have very attractive T&Cs. The standards are the same.
There is no easy to get pilot job, there never was.
There is no easy to get pilot job, there never was.
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Nekro
Welcome to the Wannabee forum!
Could I ask you to read the stickies at the head of this page? We have an excellent search function and if you use it to assist in your research then you will find that such questions have been asked and answered many times before - we even have a Freight forum!
I'm closing this thread
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Welcome to the Wannabee forum!
Could I ask you to read the stickies at the head of this page? We have an excellent search function and if you use it to assist in your research then you will find that such questions have been asked and answered many times before - we even have a Freight forum!
I'm closing this thread
HWB
