Hair-on-Fire
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Having been both routes, I have to wholeheartedly DISagree with this opinion.Flew corporate for awhile, maybe others can chime in. Getting a G-IV/V/GLEX rating but having no experience will not get you far. Caveat; if you have thousands of hours of international PIC experience in heavy jets, different story. But with out that, just a type will get you nowhere IMHO. You'd be better off going to one of these operators and getting on a smaller a/c (Lear, Citation, Westwind, etc..) then being promoted within the organization to a larger a/c. Any other comments from Charter/corporate guys?
I'd just get the B737 rating....probably gives ya a better shot at SWA in the future.
i takes wht ebr dey gimme and then i'm goin' for more cheese...WORK is for Foolz.
dum azz liberals.
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YKMKR
P.S. - Voting for McCain, I am a total Hippocrite. Sorry, but..."Greed Is Good." F.U. All.
Having been both routes, I have to wholeheartedly DISagree with this opinion.
See 737 type to left. NO guarantee of Southwest job...
SEVERAL companies hiring right now for GIV, GV, G350/450, F50/F900, F2000/2000EX/2000EASy positions that REQUIRE the type rating but have no minimum time in type. I've spoken directly to recruiters at some of these positions, and they'll happily take on an SIC with zero time in type but who HAS the type, simply because it dramatically lowers their costs AND time lag to get someone scheduled and done with class (up to a year or more).
Get 8-12 months of SIC time in the airplane (250+ hours) and, if you have extensive PIC time in other transport-category jets, upgrade comes quickly (depending on company) or you're qualified for any number of PIC positions.
That said, the LAST thing I want to see is more people buying a type rating for a job. It makes it harder for those of us already in the charter/corporate world and makes employers think that never paying for a type rating is an acceptable practice. Kind of makes me glad they're only giving people $6k or so, prohibits most people from buying a bizjet type.
As far as getting on with a charter or corporate operator who has smaller and larger jets and moving up, I'd get it in writing BEFORE you take the job. In this environment, fewer people will be leaving those larger bizjet positions and, as mentioned earlier, they have a BIG tendency to hire direct-entry pilots already typed and current in those larger aircraft to save them the $20-$40k+ to type someone. Been there, seen that... repeatedly.