Type Rating

Ron Elmer wrote:

My former
employer looked for FO's with less than 1000 total time only for the reason
that more experienced where more difficult to adapt company procedures.
Captains where upgraded only from own FO's. This system made a high degree
of standarisation possible.

That's certainly true at some operators.

The reason for my posting is just that I have got the opportunity to escape
the turboprop if I show a Jet rating which one is not important.

What do you mean by "escaping" the Turboprop?

As far I
was told is the reason therefore to save the touch and goes on the rating
for the aircrafts these company operates, because the simulator is company
paid.

That sounds a little fishy... So you are saying that they want you to
pay for a type rating, so that they can waive t&g's on your IOE? Sorry,
but that doesn't make sense to me... What kind of equipment are they
operating and where? Do they operate 121, 135 or 91?

Thats why I look for such a rating quality training or not just cheap I dont
use the rating later in that class
afterwards.

Why would you want to pay for something that you are not utilizing, just
to save the company some dollars for fuel and tires... Doesn't sound
like this company has a very high regard for crew training/proficiency.
If they treat new hires like that, what do you think how this company
operates the line, let alone recurrent training and so on... I don't
think I would want to work for such a company. I know, times are
tough...

Cheers,
Jens

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