Volotea
Joined: Jan 2009
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Volotea
Hey,
I'd like to have some info regarding this nice little company operating the B717.
They are currently recruiting cadets, FOs and Capt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-nJveX6ppQ
I'd like to have some info regarding this nice little company operating the B717.
They are currently recruiting cadets, FOs and Capt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-nJveX6ppQ
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Perhaps good for enhancing your own flying skills as you gain experience, but the 717 is a useless type rating. No doubt Volotea is an interesting niche airline but an absolute bottom feeder for pay, etc. I think even Vueling pay better and at least you get an A320 type rating out of it if you going to go that route. The race to the bottom continues!
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Don't know about salary but the B717 is a fantastic aircraft, jet and fully glass cockpit. Is the Dash8 better type rating? Is the A300 any better? What about the Fokker 100 or CRJ?
Anyways, if you want to join Emirates, do you think having an A320 or B737 rating will be better? Of course not.
Anyways, if you want to join Emirates, do you think having an A320 or B737 rating will be better? Of course not.
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well I know some ex Ba cityflyers and ex Cityjet flying for Emirates and Qatar with no Airbus/Boeing hours, but anyways, the B717 is a Boeing aircraft, probably more modern than a B737-300/400.
Training at Emirates is simple: just learn by heart your SOPs and learn how to engage and disengage your Autopilot passing 100 feet AAL.
Training at Emirates is simple: just learn by heart your SOPs and learn how to engage and disengage your Autopilot passing 100 feet AAL.

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The Boeing 717 was designed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD95. It became a Boeing after the two manufacturers merged.
They only built 156 of them, and stopped building them about 2006.
So basically .. it's not a Boeing, and it looks like a B717 rating would be of limited value.
They only built 156 of them, and stopped building them about 2006.
So basically .. it's not a Boeing, and it looks like a B717 rating would be of limited value.
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Guys with B737 hours are likely to go to B777 with EK, airbus guys tend to go to A330/340/380. Just a matter of reducing the risk of failure during the training.







