Our buddy Mark (a classmate of Bill's from TWA) got furloughed from AA and he got a job offer from a corporate outfit in Houston. The only caveat? He had to be qualified in the Citation to be qualified for the job. He was a Missouri resident, and this was not too long after 9/11 so he was able to use state "retraining" money to pay for the type rating, but from the very little (and I will admit that it is very little) that I know about the corporate world what I've seen is that it's very common to need experience in type to be qualified for the job.
He did take that corporate job, but left it to go to JALWays to fly 747s for JAL. He still says he'll take the recall to AA when offered, but it's gonna be a while.....
Darn, Steve typed faster than me! I posted this before I read SteveC's above post........
He did take that corporate job, but left it to go to JALWays to fly 747s for JAL. He still says he'll take the recall to AA when offered, but it's gonna be a while.....
Darn, Steve typed faster than me! I posted this before I read SteveC's above post........