Type rating home study?

[Amish RakeFight]

X-Wind,

Something seems suspect in your question when contrasted to your profile.

Why don't you tell us a little about the 767 systems. Maybe someone who is familar enough with them could vouch for your credentials.

..and another good post by Avbug.

 

[svcta]

Avbug, I'm not saying that you are wrong, but on
the other hand almost every job post in the corporate or charter sector requires that you already have a type rating for the position desired.

So if X-Wind actually does fly the 757 with 10,000 hrs. and looking for PIC positoin in a Citaion and the type might make him a little marketable. The type might get him the job and he would then go to school on the employers dime.

Again not saying that you are wrong, just giving a different perspective.

The 2 corporate jobs I've had (one of which I have now) I got without a type rating or time in type. Buying yourself a type rating in order to attract a job offer may only leave you thousands or even tens-of-thousands of dollars poorer.

And a 6 thousand dollar Citation type is virtually worthless, based on what I've been told by the people who have them and people who've been in a position to hire somebody with one.

And I agree with Avbug way back when he called the original poster out for bogus credentials.

 

[JAFI]

I wonder about a 10,000 hour "professional" pilot who knows so little of their craft that they have not experienced certification enough or do not know where to look for such a simple answer. I have met some of the "richest" pilots in terms of knowing their craft and some of the "poorest". Sometimes I wonder how they ever got the rating. And sometimes they get Re-examined (44709) for that rating.

For the idea of a "quick" type rating for a job, I gave a 135 check to a new (ink still wet) type rated pilot who told me prior to the check ride that he "just got the rating for the job". The check ride went bad when it was time to start the engines. He did not know how. He told me the school would not let the students start the aircraft engines because they kept damaging them. I sat there as he kept going through the check list trying to figure out how to start the engines. He never did. I did not let him damage anything but he tried to find the right start switch. I filed my report. I heard he lost the job, and the type rating. The school got a visit from the local office. So much for "quick" rating.

JAFI

 

[JediNein]

Excellent answers for a suspect questioner.

When you think about it, isn't a type really one's own responsibility to learn the aircraft? School's great, but I still spent hours with the books and flashcards on my own for my types.

 

[VW Pilot]

I think you guys ran em off.....