CRJ Type Rating

[ataopsdave]

Does anybody know where to get a type rating and how much it costs.

 

[banned username 2]

Oh the Humanity!

Have people not yet learned to not buy a type rating without significant time in type? (except the B-737 type if you plan to go to SWA)

 

[ataopsdave]

Not for me but for somebody I know that is interested in acquiring one. Why would I want one when I will be flying the Saab 340

 

[banned username 2]

Not for me but for somebody I know that is interested in acquiring one. Why would I want one when I will be flying the Saab 340

Why would you want to fly a Saab 340???

just kidding...

 

[T-Gates]

Not for me but for somebody I know that is interested in acquiring one. Why would I want one when I will be flying the Saab 340

You will be flying the Saab? You have been hired as a pilot at C8?

 

[ataopsdave]

I work in SOC and am trying to get in as a pilot

 

[wmudriver]

??

Why would I want one when I will be flying the Saab 340

I'll leave this one alone...

 

[User546]

You can go to Pan Am International Flight Academy, and pay them $8,000 to go thru CRJ ground school, and fly 30 hours (15 left seat, 15 right) in there non-FAA Certified, no sound, non-motion simulator, and NOT receive a type rating for it!!!

That one still kills me...

 

[bobbysamd]

Does anybody know where to get a type rating and how much it costs.

May I ask why your friend wants to get an RJ type rating?

I can certainly understand Citation, Lear, Beechjet, Falcon et al types, and, for sure 737, but why a type in an air carrier aircraft where, in time, a company will type you on its nickel.

 

[Rook]

I agree with the above posts. Why spend the money? If you're going to fly the CL-65 at a corporate job then the company should pay to send you to school. Getting the CRJ type doesn't make you more marketable at a regional. If anything it might be a red flag because it sends a sign that you're not going to be with the company for long and most regionals want you to stick around longer then a year or so. When my company hired street captains for the CRJ none of those guys were typed. And a few of them were not typed in anything but had the minimum total time to sit in the left seat.

That's my 10 cents
my 2 cents is free...
Nuisance, Who sent
YOU SENT FOR ME??!!

Rook
600' AGL Autopilot on.
'WHEW!'

 

[350DRIVER]

One should never aquire a type that a company is not willing to pay for, regardless of whether it is a 91, 135, or 121 operation. There is absolutely no need to do this and it may raise a few questions in future interviews. I do not agree with SWA and fortunately they are the only one requiring this practice still present day. At 4,000 TT, turbine PIC, to ask a pilot to then go and "buy" a type at this point in the game is insane in my opinion. This is a slap in the face in more ways than one.


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[Spot]

"One should never aquire a type that a company is not willing to pay for, regardless of whether it is a 91, 135, or 121 operation."

Isn't this like saying you should not pay for your own MBA (or college or technical degree etc) but that you should only go to work for a company that will buy you an MBA?

 

[Gulfstream 200]

smart guy,

anyone with a brain in thier head WOULD go to work for someone who pays for thier MBA (many do!). Just like any pilot with a brain in thier head WOULD go to work someplace that trained them (many do!).

but again, there are folks still interested in buying these types. ya know, they just think they have it all figured out....the shortcut....good for them.

They are usually just the lower end of the pilot pool and its thier only opportunity - lower end jobs.

ya know???



buying an RJ type....lord help us.

 

[350DRIVER]

Spot,

Some things are better left unsaid, perfect example is right here.
Many of the more respectable companies do just as the above poster has stated, some also have agreements to reinburse employees for all educational expenses.

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