Where to buy some left seat B737 time?

[CAPTAIN WOOBLAH]

Pull your bloody head in son, and get off this forum. Mr Moderator - can you stop this nonsense in its tracks before it generates further bile?

There is no way it could generate anymore bile than I see here!!!!
It is this bile that is reducing terms and conditions and I will never pull my head in when it comes to wimps that can't tow the line.
Heading select claims to have thousands of hours in command but needs to PAY FOR LHS TIME IN A 73 Bull$hit. The way he is going about it the employer needs to check his parker pen.

With regards to the 89ers bloody hats off to them at least they stuck together which is more than I can say for you kiss a$$ buy your own rating, pay for your own uniforms, buy your own hotel and pay for your own meals. I would have been proud to have been one of them. Their unity and esprit de corps was unrivalled and it was only their screwed up legal team that let them down.

Yes I will put in my bloody 2 cents worth when it comes to people that degrade what is a right of pilots to be trained in their respective companies from right to left seats.

The airlines are run by boffin headed accountants and lawyers and they will always look at the bottom line and it is precisely this attitude that screws up the overall balance of the system. Just because it is a bull run on pilots certain individuals think they can bypass the system but when the bear returns as he will where will those that jumped ahead be. People know and talk.

I can't imagine heading select attending a British airways interview saying. " Hi I am H/s I have thousands of hours in command in X aircraft but you are hiring for X type but never mind, I am willing to pay you $3000 a month for a year until you think I am qualified. BALLS. Essentially this is what he is saying.

I WANT TO PAY YOU TO WORK FOR 100 HOURS.............

Personally I have never paid for a rating since I got my CPL which was probably before you fools were born. I am very happy flying with real people in the biggest jet in the world. I feel sad for the younger generation of pilots that never got to fly jets when people dressed up to fly and the pilots that flew them got top dollar and were respected as white collar individuals.
If this is what flying is about i am glad I am on the way out with my big fat pension. I guess that perhaps it has become a job for bus drivers and computer operators and that the pay will be commensurate.

Lastly If H/s has all those hours in the 73 as an FO why is his present employer not up grading him to Captain. I would wager it has something to do with him!!!!

Wooblah.

[Eight Ball]

And that's the reason why I am suggesting to HS to go in as a training Capt so he won't have to pay. With his hours, I'm sure an airline would give him the training he needs down the track..... but sometimes, a company will still require their Captains to pay a bond. Either that or you pay for your own endorsement or LHS time.

I've even heard of a chinese airline asking their Capts to post a $30,000 bond and take your passport so you won't leave before your contract is fulfilled and/or have paid the training cost if you leave before the contract is up.

It can get very tricky Capt Wooblah. You and I are probably lucky that we live in a country that we don't experience these requirements but, outside it's a very different story for LCCs.

Having said that, I'm sure HS would rather not pay if he was given the opportunity to be hired as a training Captain. But if he is stuck, then can we really blame him.

[Molokai]

heard from an asian source that fast track placement with jetair is posible through some ex-jet pilot management consultant. also try royal air cambodia.

[rduarte]

For HS,
You need to go to Brazil for one week, there, you will get 3000H PIC on type ( or any type you want), and it will cost you peanuts.

[Soft Altitude]

Hdg Select,
I know of an outfit that will be offering what you are looking for, but only by the end of this year. Timing being everything in aviation, obviously, I do not think that you can enjoy the luxury of waiting for so long ? Can you ?
I am also looking for the same thing !
Some people just can not understand where recruitment is heading nowadays,
and how much aviation has been degraded in the last decade.
LCCs especially seem to be happier to take in a " 0-command hour pilot " for the left seat than taking in some highly experienced F/Os and getting them a reasonably quick upgrade, because the former costs them less, which leaves experienced F/Os in a sort of no man's land: not suitable for junior F/O position but also not suitable for a left seat because no command time, hence out of job while low houred guys are getting in ! Great !
Then senior captains dare to comment how the right hand seat is occupied by inexperienced pilots.
Best of luck to you Hdg Sel, we'll keep in touch.