Best place to get a B737 type?

[Kezwick]

I am a regional captain. Where is the best place to get one that is the most cost effective/best training. Looking to get a type to be more marketable. Don't want to go to a place that nickel and dimes me but want to be trained well. Any thoughts???

 

[hyflyin]

Unless you have an in at SWA it's a waste of time and money.

If you are that intent getting one, I would say HP for the money and connections.

 

[CapnVegetto]

Yep. Unless you have a job at SWA waiting, it's nothing more than a good way to pi$$ away a few thousand dollars.

Waste of money. Won't help you a bit. Only thing that will help you right now is knowing the right people.

 

[fob727]

If you do it....stay away from Pan Am. Try Aerostar in MCO

 

[DCAA320]

Try Aerostar in MCO

Ditto, got it there for free, good place, thank you VA (after the furlough(thank you US Air)).

 

[$$$4nothin]

Get hired at any airline that flies the 737. Get your type immediately. For free.

 

[Shrek]

Ual

 

[BuckMurdock1]

When SWA begins not requiring a 737 type before hire date and actually gives it during new-hire training (like the rest of the industry)..then we will have further evidence of a pilot shortage. I suspect that CNN will be reporting simultaneously that hell has actually frozen over.

 

[Flyguy1226]

I am a regional captain. Where is the best place to get one that is the most cost effective/best training. Looking to get a type to be more marketable. Don't want to go to a place that nickel and dimes me but want to be trained well. Any thoughts???

Couple of things... Not really going to make you more marketable, it will only be good if you are actively pursuing SWA. Type rating without time in type is almost as worthless. If you get one and put it on your resume, be prepare to answer questions from recruiters like.. "Oh, I see you have a B-737 type. Going for Southwest? Did you get rejected from SW? Will you leave us when SW calls?" Just something to think about, seen and heard it first hand.

 

[captfred]

I got a 737 type on my own many years ago and got hired by a 737 operator not named Southwest because of that type rating. Have not had to look for a job since and that was over 30 years ago.

 

[TXDanno]

Yep. Unless you have a job at SWA waiting, it's nothing more than a good way to pi$$ away a few thousand dollars.

Waste of money. Won't help you a bit. Only thing that will help you right now is knowing the right people.

Given the sheer volume of apps for the very few spots available at SWA, NOT having the B737 type is the easiest way to tell SWA you're not serious about a job there yet. Without it, the people you know prolly can't even get you past the screening filters.

If SWA is at the top of your dream job list, go ahead and make yourself competitive via the type. It is worth the investment if you get the job. If SWA is not where you want to be, spend your time/money on something else. Like ammo.

I was very pleased with Higher Power--great people and great training. Or the previous suggestion of another company flying the 737. Three or four of my new hire classmates (2008) picked theirs up at a legacy while waiting for SWA to call.

 

[BuckMurdock1]

Three or four of my new hire classmates (2008) picked theirs up at a legacy while waiting for SWA to call.

Says a lot about SWA if people were using legacy jobs to simply get a type-rating and hope they get some LUV. Are people still doing that? Especially with the now-projected retirement/growth rate at legacies?

 

[gearjockey]

Recent Us Airways classes have had SWA pilots in them. Times change.

 

[ROSWELL41]

Get an A320 type. Far more valuable and only slightly more money.

 

[CapnVegetto]

Given the sheer volume of apps for the very few spots available at SWA, NOT having the B737 type is the easiest way to tell SWA you're not serious about a job there yet. Without it, the people you know prolly can't even get you past the screening filters.

If SWA is at the top of your dream job list, go ahead and make yourself competitive via the type. It is worth the investment if you get the job. If SWA is not where you want to be, spend your time/money on something else. Like ammo.

I was very pleased with Higher Power--great people and great training. Or the previous suggestion of another company flying the 737. Three or four of my new hire classmates (2008) picked theirs up at a legacy while waiting for SWA to call.

I was operating under the assumption that it was to simply make him more generically marketable. If you want SW more than anything, and are willing to risk a few grand of your own money, then sure, go buy it. But UA, DL, AA, anybody else isn't going to care, especially if you have no time in type. On that premise, it's just a waste of money.

 

[CapnVegetto]

Get an A320 type. Far more valuable and only slightly more money.

Absolute, total, complete waste of money.

Nobody gives a crap if you went out and bought a type rating. It proves nothing other than you had a few grand to pi$$ away.

 

[IslandDriver]

Recent Us Airways classes have had SWA pilots in them. Times change.

Don't think that is true! I only heard of one guy leaving....he was furloughed United.

 

[vixin]

Agreed it is watste if money. Don't buy a type for SWA. Get hired first then get it. With the others hiring there will be more pressure to accept applicants with out the type. The benefit of having it for SWA is minimal and getting less so.

 

[gringo]

Where is the best place to get one that is the most cost effective/best training.

Southern Air. This place is about to become a guppy mill.