Q400 equal to B737 regarding promoting to left seat?
 

Good friends!

This is my first post on pprune even though i have been reading the forums daily.

Question is: I`m leaving the left seat of a Dash8-Q400 for a B737 right seat. Rumors says that FR is counting hrs on Q400 as equal to hrs on B737 when regarding promoting to left seat.

True or false?

What is done at other companies?

Note: I`m not going to FR, but collecting arguments and other airlines practice for my own cause. And english is not my native language.

Brgds,
Old Prop.
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I find it quite normal to proceed from turbo prop as Capt to a FO position on a 70 tonne jet.You have to move your way up and swallow some hard bits along the way I guess.

Take care
Denis

No problem with the swallowing!

But you see, some airlines, I believe, is counting hrs on the Q400 when setting pay and time for for promoting to left seat.

Right or wrong?

Old Prop.

Operators do whatever they like when it suits. Unless you have previous jet command time, most however will not take you as a DEC on a 737. More to do with their insurance than anything else

The normal procedure at Ryanair, (if there is such a thing!) is to complete one winter in the right hand seat, it depends how many hours you have when you join Ryanair. Then, as long as you have kept yourself out of trouble, you will enter the command upgrade program. This is subject to you passing the upgrade interview and have demostrated that you have the correct competencies to command a 737 to FR standards. And believe me not everyone makes the grade, despite what you might read on pprune!:ugh:

I was flying with a DEC last year who flew the Dash-8, including the Q400, and had around 6000hrs on the type. No problem upgrading to the left seat of the 737.

Hope that helps a little.

Most companies factor your hours, 1 Turbo prop hour generally counts for 0.8hrs jet, but that all depends on the individual airline.

Most also like you to have worked for them for a certain time period, this way they can gauge what sort of a person you really are via feedback from others and of course your efforts in the sim.

Hope that helps

Sounds like you have balls of steel or your mad. The 737-800 will bight you badly if you don't have the depth of knowledge and experience to operate it.

Perhaps if you operate from Hub to Hub, ILS to ILS with FR you might be alright. Good luck:ok:

In FR more likely to be NDB to Circle to 1850 meters:eek: