Importance of a TR!

mystickal

mystickal

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How important is a type rating when looking for a job nowadays? I have heard so many sides to the TR neccesity. What bugs me is the fact that some people with 200 hrs TT with a type rating land in jobs while others with 1500+ hrs TT without a type rating struggle in getting jobs.... For £17-18.000, I can either get a B737NG TR or fly for 1000+ hrs on a C152/172. In today's market, which is more preferable? Is a TR the way to go? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
 
I'd generally advocate against buying your own type rating, with very few limited exceptions. Spend your money on flight training to accumulate all your certificates and ratings (commercial, multi-engine, instrument, CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP when you have the time -- or their European equivalents) and then find a PAYING position flying ... instructing, dropping skydivers, freight, anything. The best thing you can do for your resume is have a paid flying job.

Keep in mind that most places that would want you to pay for a type rating or training in a large aircraft are not the sort of places you would WANT to work anyway.
 
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Keep in mind that most places that would want you to pay for a type rating or training in a large aircraft are not the sort of places you would WANT to work anyway.

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What about Southwest? Don't they require you to have a 737 type rating in order to apply?

Not sure, just asking. It's a LOOOOOOONG way away for me anyway, so I'm not going to worry about it.

Oh, yeah, SteveC, your post with the American or European reminded me of the Monty Python skit.
 
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What about Southwest? Don't they require you to have a 737 type rating in order to apply?

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To apply, no. If hired, they want you to have it before you start training, though. I think they are the only airline with this requirement. It's about the only thing I don't like about SWA.
 
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european market....

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That's what I was guessing based on the information you gave.

I've heard that the job market works a little differently on the continent than they do here. I certainly don't have any first (or even second) hand knowledge, though, so I'll defer to anyone that knows more about how things work over there.
 
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Importance of a TR!

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I was thinking "tail rotor" when I first read the name of this thread. Doh! In that case it would be very important.
 
I thought "transformer/rectifier" at first!

I really don't know about the Euromarket, but in the US, unless you've got about 300-500 hours in type, a type-rating just means that you blew $10,000 because they've got to train you anyway.

But that's just my humble opinion!
 
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