Originally Posted by
minority561
so i guess my main question is:
are airlines going to higher a 300ish hour pilot with 50 hours in a 737-800 type rating but no PIC in type?
No. There are hundreds (maybe thousands) of guys with a ton of hours of ME PIC that are on the street right now. To be competitetive for an airline that flys the 737, you'll need: 6K TT, 3K PIC, ATP, Bach. Degree, plus internal recs. Having a type MIGHT help if you meet the other gates but it won't make up for several thousand hours.
$21K for a 737NG type seems high. When I was considering one, I think it was $15K or so. A 737-200 or -300 types are signifigantly less (~$3.5K)
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