737 type enough?

[skykid]

One thing to remember is, if you buy a type a lot of other airlines will count this against you and might not hire you.

I can't imagine that is the case. You ought to be able to explain that easily by just being honest. Something like - SWA is one of the airlines hiring the most pilots, I needed to be competitve for them because I naturally considered more than one airline. It was good training that made me a better pilot.

 

[pilotpat-1]

OK, just telling you what I have seen and heard first hand.

 

[viper548]

My retired navy P-3 buddy got hired at FedEx without the type, but turned down the job offer because he didn't want to start out in the training department.

oops!

 

[Bigoober]

Thanks for all the good info. Doesn't seem to matter about having a few hundred or maybe a thousand hours in the aircraft compared to just having the rating itself unless you are going to SWA. Thought it might matter more.

Guess I'll go with other factors in the job decision.