A320 or B747-400?
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I know of someone from N.Z. who was accused/believed to have done just that with a turbo-prop operator. Reputedly didn't leave many friends behind when he left the country.
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Hi All,
My 2 cents, having flown both.
Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Lifestyle.......
I am not pro/con Airbus or Boeing, they both have positive/negative sides.
The 744 is not a machine to "learn" the airline business on straight out of flight school.
On the bus you would do way more sectors, see things and do X wind landings, more hands on flying compared to the 744.
Before I got my hands on a Jumbo, I flew 3000+ hours turboprop, then the bus, followed by the 747-200/300/400.
I learned most about flying on the turboprops, I used to like flying then.
Then the newness wore off. And went looking for a retirement job!
A job, with stability and good conditions, good equipment, days off.
basically lifestyle.
Now as a 744 Captain, I have come up the ranks from small twins, to medium and then heavies!
The best flying was at the beginning of my career, But eventually it became work. the 747 is a nice machine to fly but I don't "fly" it to often.
Once a job becomes "work", you might as well get the best out of it!
Lifestyle is what I choose!..
As for typerating: I would take the Bus, you can fly every bus, there are more built, the 744 is on its way out, think fuel prices, etc
Good luck with your choice
My 2 cents, having flown both.
Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Lifestyle.......
I am not pro/con Airbus or Boeing, they both have positive/negative sides.
The 744 is not a machine to "learn" the airline business on straight out of flight school.
On the bus you would do way more sectors, see things and do X wind landings, more hands on flying compared to the 744.
Before I got my hands on a Jumbo, I flew 3000+ hours turboprop, then the bus, followed by the 747-200/300/400.
I learned most about flying on the turboprops, I used to like flying then.
Then the newness wore off. And went looking for a retirement job!
A job, with stability and good conditions, good equipment, days off.
basically lifestyle.
Now as a 744 Captain, I have come up the ranks from small twins, to medium and then heavies!
The best flying was at the beginning of my career, But eventually it became work. the 747 is a nice machine to fly but I don't "fly" it to often.
Once a job becomes "work", you might as well get the best out of it!
Lifestyle is what I choose!..
As for typerating: I would take the Bus, you can fly every bus, there are more built, the 744 is on its way out, think fuel prices, etc
Good luck with your choice
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Are you for real?
its funny to see the discussions here and its funny when one aviation fan and flight simmer talks to another and both claim they are captains on somekind of heavy metal with xxxxx hours of experience.
well, the maybe 2-5% or real pilots here uses this forum for job informations etc, the flight deck forums seems to be completely overhelmed with no flight deck people. the only problem is that they claim to be and things are messed up and theoretically discussed to death.
well, when its the spirit of administration here- nice, but in this case its clear in which direction this site will go.
we have such an amount of a330/340/380 and b777/747 captains here every day that no one can be left to fly this birds acros the skies...
a person who would really has the opportunity to work for a major carrier on a 747-400 would have other sources for decision than making such a funny question at an open internet forum.
people claim here to be real to get some information for flight simming or just interest puproses. but they fail to see that the informations they get are in vast majority also from flight simmers and aviation fans.
well, thats life in anonymous internet days...
best regards
