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Aeroservice in Miami worked well for me. It was pretty cheep and had good examiners on sight. Higher Power has some pull with Southwest and appears to be good as well.
 
<--- Agrees with Dirty Sanchez.

Failing that you could always sell your SOUL to the devil or buy an $8000.00 lottery ticket on the off-chance that a certain company will interview and then hire you.
 
PacoPollo said:
Why they dont consider that certain Company PFT?
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Because you're not paying them to get the rating and they don't care how you get it. It sucks to drop that kind of coin with no guarantee. However, their football, their rules.
 
Yeah. Back in the day FSI provided training. So you didn't pay Chautauqua, Continental Express, Commutair, Pinnacle (Express 1), etc. to get the training -- you paid FSI.

Personally I think it's pretty crappy of SWA.

I got a 737 type the old fashioned way. I flew for a company with a 737.
 
BenderGonzales said:
Yeah. Back in the day FSI provided training. So you didn't pay Chautauqua, Continental Express, Commutair, Pinnacle (Express 1), etc. to get the training -- you paid FSI.

Personally I think it's pretty crappy of SWA.

I got a 737 type the old fashioned way. I flew for a company with a 737.
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True, but you were paying for FAA required training and I'm pretty sure they weren't typing their new hire FO's. If you happen to get a type from the military or a previous job(like you stated) it would cost $0.00! If you wanted a job at the places you listed above, you were paying whether you had 0 hrs or 1000 in type. In SWA's case, it's a requirement because they want it to be, not because the FAA says so. Not that it makes your check book feel any better.
 
get the type and you'll break even and then some in your first month at swa.

i totally understand where you guys are coming from, but swa can do/require whatever they want because they pay well
 
Yep. As said above, the best place to get a 737 type is a place that will give you one for free... after you've paid your dues.

I don't get all the people who buy the "$8000 lottery ticket" hoping to get a job with SWA. Look at their hiring stats sometime. It's something like 1 out of 5 get hired, and sometimes they interview and don't hire anyone.
 
BenderGonzales said:
Yeah. Back in the day FSI provided training. So you didn't pay Chautauqua, Continental Express, Commutair, Pinnacle (Express 1), etc. to get the training -- you paid FSI.

Personally I think it's pretty crappy of SWA.

I got a 737 type the old fashioned way. I flew for a company with a 737.
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I did my inital training for COEX with FSI. The company paid for it as long as you had 1200/200. Before that, as long as you had 2000/500 the company paid the bill. Not everyone pays for thier training, but alot do.
 
Guys that are getting the 737 type with Bond Aviation with hopes of getting on with SW are also being offered job placement with Vision Airs B737 operation and National Aviation Services BBJ operation.
 
John Pennekamp said:
Yep. As said above, the best place to get a 737 type is a place that will give you one for free...
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I love America! Free 737 type! Making big $$ now, with only 3800 hours TT, sure beats flying for a regional.
 
Espalda Mojado said:
I love America! Free 737 type! Making big $$ now, with only 3800 hours TT, sure beats flying for a regional.
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Moderator, can we please put an end to this? It's getting old.
 
Continental will type the new hires in the 737, they use them as relief pilots during flag operations... no insurance for the first 6 months, but a free type!
 
I paid for a 737 type at Higher Power, first of all, they're great people and have a tight connection with SWA. This isn't my first PFT though, I had to pay for my private, instrument, commercial, multi, CFII, MEI, etc.
 
XLR8 said:
I paid for a 737 type at Higher Power, first of all, they're great people and have a tight connection with SWA. This isn't my first PFT though, I had to pay for my private, instrument, commercial, multi, CFII, MEI, etc.
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Did you get the job?
 
XLR8 said:
...This isn't my first PFT though, I had to pay for my private, instrument, commercial, multi, CFII, MEI, etc.
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Hey Ding Dong. PFT is paying for training for a job that you're already qualified for! Paying for "private, instrument, commercial, multi, CFII, MEI, ect"" is NOT pft. Once you are qualified for a job (ie. you have a comm. multi, inst. (CFI, CFII MEI optional)) then you should NOT HAVE TO PAY for training!!! Imagine if you're a MD-80 Captain at a company and want to upgrade to 777 captain cause your seniority can hold a line. Now your company wants you to pay $45,000 to pay for this training. Your line of logic supports this. You say, "Yeah, I'm getting a type in a new plane. A tripple 7! Sweet! I should pay for that training!!! Never mind the company paying for buisness costs. Yeah it's the cost of business but why not pass it off on the 'shinny jet' dweeb willing to pay my operating cost as well. Hell, maybe we can get him to pay for chips and cokes on board the flight too?!? Thank God for shinny jet dweeb!"

Just stop and think of what you are saying. Then look in the mirror are realize you're an idiot. Probably gay too.
 
Did you need a commercial certificate to work for an airline? Yes. Did the airline pay for you to get a commercial certificate? I'm guessing not.

Okay so, if I need a 737 type to get a job with SWA, and I paid for it myself, how is that any different. It's a type rating on my pilot certificate. I don't work for SWA yet, but if they sometime in the future get 777's (which I don't see happening), then they'll probably pay for me to get typed on it. Obviously I wouldn't pay for that.

If I go and get a float plane rating (for fun and not for the company I work for) and then 2 years from now get a job flying float planes. Is that PFT?

So, I bought a 737 type rating, had lots of fun, and it wasn't for the company I work for. If I get a job with Southwest, or Continental, or Alaska, and I happen to be rated on the 737, I'm not paying for those airlines to train me, they're paying me to fly the way they want me to.
 
Hpa

Haven't posted in a while, strongly recommend HPA. They helped me out when they didn't need to, and you will not go wrong using them for your type rating. Good luck.
 
I've always thought as PFT as literally paying to do a job. At GIA you sit in the right seat of a 1900, doing a job, and paying GIA to sit there. There should be somone sitting in that seat getting paid to do it, not the other way around. Also, because you're paying the company you work for or will work for, it is PFT. Getting a 737 type at HPA is different because you aren't paying Southwest, and you aren't working for Southwest at the time.
 
XLR8 said:
I paid for a 737 type at Higher Power, first of all, they're great people and have a tight connection with SWA. This isn't my first PFT though, I had to pay for my private, instrument, commercial, multi, CFII, MEI, etc.
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They only have a "tight" connectioin with SWA in that they are located just down the road from SWA which makes it pretty easy for the folks from SWA's People Dept to get there and give a talk.

Other than that....SWA doesn't really care where you got the type....just that you got it.

Tejas
 

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