Flametech21 From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 47 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 17665 times:
More than your house, cars, salary, and valuables combined!
Alright, just kidding on that one. But it is one heck of a lot of money. My best guess would be somewhere in the low 5 figures if it is totaly out of pocket.
Most airlines I know of pay for your type rating after you sign an employment agreement with them. If you are looking to get a job at an airline I wouldn't be too worried about paying out of pocket for it.
They build them to a higher standard at Long Beach!
Flametech21 From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 47 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 17664 times:
Quoting Onetogo (Reply 1): According to Walt Lacy, $10,000
That sounds about right to me.
They build them to a higher standard at Long Beach!
KingAirMan From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 291 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 17642 times:
will it give me a better opurtunity go get with an airline such as CO or WN when they hire again? Granted i have the minimum requirements and a Type Rating on their main fleet type? ( CO operates many of these, i know not all) .
EssentialPowr From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1820 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 17627 times:
Quoting Flametech21 (Reply 2): Most airlines I know of pay for your type rating after you sign an employment agreement with them.
Not it the big leagues... Maybe at the regional level, but most of that has been eliminated but typically only CAs get types at the regionals.
Quoting KingAirMan (Reply 4): will it give me a better opurtunity go get with an airline such as CO or WN when they hire again?
No. A type rating with no time in the a/c just means you went out and bought the rating. Better to have flight time in a King Air, since you like those, and be able to tell the interviewers something about the a/c and flying it, than paying for a type in a 737 in a sim...
(you can get a 737 type at Higher Power in Dallas for about $6.5 k...)
and not knowing where the wheel well light switch is or were the engine cowl latches are.
And btw, there is no such thing as a 737-700 type rating, only the 737 and diff training as per the airline's opspecs...
When CO and WN hire again?? They are both hiring right now...
Pilotpip From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3015 posts, RR: 13 Reply 6, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 17607 times:
WN requires you to have a 737 type rating prior to beginning training on your own dime. You are not required to have it to interview.
EssentialPowr From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1820 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (5 years 5 months 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 17603 times:
Quoting Pilotpip (Reply 6): WN requires you to have a 737 type rating prior to beginning training on your own dime. You are not required to have it to interview.
They have waived back and forth on that requirement; as of now yours is a correct statement, but once you get a job offer at SWA, coming up with the $$ shouldn't be an issue.
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That sounds about right to me.
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