fourierman
New Member
Greetings all. I am new to this page and I must say so far its a great source of information.
I wanted to see what people's opinion was on the Eclipse500, Safire, Diamond D-Jet , etc. (low cost of operation jets) that are going to be planned for certifcation within the next few years. Most importantly, how do you think it will affect one's ability to obtain turbine time? With the increased ease of obtaining turbine/multiengine experience will it make it that much harder to get a job w/the airlines? (e.g. more pilots out there applying for the same jobs .. higher time for turbine/ME on resumes, etc.).
However, it looks like a huge percentage (70% or so , I think I read) of the Eclipses are being purchased by charter companies. This would possibly balance out the job situation because of the increased need for pilots to fly these new 'mini' jets being introduced..
An unrelated issue I have wondered about is whether ATC will generally clear these jets to FL290+. This is certainly the most cost effictive altitutes, but due to the significantly slower cruise of these jets, spacing issues with airliners will certainly arise. If restricted to lower altitutes the cost efficiency may be reduced to the point in which it would not be any mroe effective than something else (cant think of a good comparison).
I would be interested to hear others opinions on this.
/Tristan
I wanted to see what people's opinion was on the Eclipse500, Safire, Diamond D-Jet , etc. (low cost of operation jets) that are going to be planned for certifcation within the next few years. Most importantly, how do you think it will affect one's ability to obtain turbine time? With the increased ease of obtaining turbine/multiengine experience will it make it that much harder to get a job w/the airlines? (e.g. more pilots out there applying for the same jobs .. higher time for turbine/ME on resumes, etc.).
However, it looks like a huge percentage (70% or so , I think I read) of the Eclipses are being purchased by charter companies. This would possibly balance out the job situation because of the increased need for pilots to fly these new 'mini' jets being introduced..
An unrelated issue I have wondered about is whether ATC will generally clear these jets to FL290+. This is certainly the most cost effictive altitutes, but due to the significantly slower cruise of these jets, spacing issues with airliners will certainly arise. If restricted to lower altitutes the cost efficiency may be reduced to the point in which it would not be any mroe effective than something else (cant think of a good comparison).
I would be interested to hear others opinions on this.
/Tristan