Current 737 Type Rating Costs

[atr42flyer]

If your goal is to get a job at SWA I would say go to HP. I had a job offer before I got my type at HP. We had 7 people in class with 2 of us that had job offers and 5 that did not. They had someone come in from the people dept. and eventually everyone had an interview.
I will say that HP is not the only place to go and in my class at SWA we had people from a lot of diff schools. Personally I think that going to HP might help but just a LITTLE BIT.

how long ago was this? when did you do your type?

 

[Max_Motoring]

I used crew pilot training...systems was done with a cbt flash drive before you show up and you use the swa -300 sims. $8100 including all expenses.

www.crewpilottraining.com

 

[bravodude]

how long ago was this? when did you do your type?

I got my type 4 years ago after the job offer. I just saw an email where HP was asking any former SWA students in Dallas for help. ( i have no idea what that means)

 

[dogg]

4 years ago....cost me 9 years of my life and 7000 hrs in every variant that Boeing made (and a couple they didn't) of that fluf....but I got it. Can,t imagine what the purpose of the paid for paper rating is.......

 

[Ky.BrownBourbn]

If you are trying to get hired at SW, they don't care where you got it...it's not like your rating says b-737 hp (higher power) I got mine though the guys in DEN, flight training Int'l (they may be out of business), training was done at Alteon in Dallas (they used sims in Denver, Phoenix,& LAS as well) the hp guys were there as well. We looked comfortable in shorts and t-shirts, they were wearing slacks and collared shirts, some with ties. I was the customer, they (FTI or Alteon) didn't care how I showed up!

I know, they tell you to "look professional", I already had the job, I kept my dry cleaning for the first day of class!

All the type rating schools use the same sims. If I could've done it in an NG for 8100, I may have done it, at the time the bbj type was 25k. I think the low tech 200/300 was the way to go for me because I had flown the last 10 years in glass, my scan was rusty!

I don't recommend getting the type before getting the job offer UNLESS someone else is paying for it!

Good luck,
KBB