Linetraining/base check/ Please advise!

[Jetavia]

If you need some landings you might have a chance to get these at Jet-time, why don't you try give their training department a call? I see you're from Sweden, have you applied with Jet-time, Primera Air and Norwegian. At least the last two should be hiring.

[kazz_kazz]

Thanks Jetavia!

Have applied to those companies a couple of times.. Still waiting for feedback!

[flash8]

Read this with some surprise as I am almost exactly in the same situation (737-300) but it has been seven years almost, walked out due to 'cultural' issues and more with the local staff (South east Asian Airline) and now becoming to realize the errors of my mistakes.

Please keep us updated.

[leteci]

Hi Kazz,

As I understand you are current on type but you are not recent on type and that is two different things.
The problem is that 99% of companys doesn't understand that if you made your revalid LPC on sim level D you are current and recent and this sim can be consider like date of your last flight.
Most of them can not understand that.
Also try to find in JAA/EASA deffinition of RECENCY and you will see what it says.
So any company which would like to hire you must give you OCC doesen't matter if you already flying or not you have to pass full OCC course with sim LPC/OPC check and after that MUST have 10 + 2 line sector under supervision.
So that means your last flight can be 10 years ago if you keep current your type every 12 months.
Again problem is insurance company who made that stupid regulation that your last flight should be within 90 days or 6 months or 12 months because in that case airlines will pay less insurance but if some comapny really need you they don't care about last flight.
Also market is full of guys who is currently flyng and other guys who destroyed aviation because they pay to fly and because of them you will never got a job.
Your only chance is to find a DFO or chief pilot from small company who is your good friend to get you in, otherwise you are like just a non type rated CPL pilot with 200 hours total I agree it is stupid but that is truth.
I belive that you will find something keep applying good luck!!

[A Squared]

Originally Posted by 3bars

When you say you have 1000hrs on 737efis. is that flight time on an aircraft or ground time in a training module?

That would be a lot of simulator time. About 120 years worth of annual training at my airline

[A Squared]

Originally Posted by B737900er

Personally I would lie on the application of my last flight to get the interview.
I know this isn't the correct way, but these HR guys or kids from university don't understand the meaning of being current. From an EASA point of view a sim check keeps you current.

Once in the interview you can explain its been a while since your last flight due to the fact____________.

OK, so you're advocating that he lie on the application, then in the interview, admit that he lied.

I'm not in management and have nothing to do with hiring, but if faced with this, the candidate absolutely would not be considered for hiring.

[leteci]

I would not lie about date of last flight I would put in application date of my last LPC as a date of my last flight.
In that case you didn't lie and you can explain that according to EASA definition of RECENCY is that sim level D is the same as flight on real aircraft show them also defeinition of RECENCY and you are fully coverd and honest.
Than you can discuss with them that you will go under OCC and company sim check and line training and that is it.

[kazz_kazz]

Thank you leteci!

Very good explanation! That helped me understand a few things!