Originally Posted by
SNAFU
I don't think there is any disadvantage (other than having to wait 3 years) to going through the professional instructor route. In fact, if you do it in the 72 you would be ahead of the game since you would already have your FE ticket and know the jet and profiles like the back of your hand. I would think they would get through the training just fine.
Yea, 2 yrs of seniority is not a disadvantage.... The object is to get here as fast as you can.
Having been a sim guy in the 727 will not be a great advantage. The others guys in your class will be fresh of the street and they'll pass just fine.
If a sim job is all one has then thats great and it will work. I just think your better off as an internal with the chance of coming to the line after only 1 year.
If there is any question, ask a sim guy that started in late '94 what the 3 yr wait cost him in numbers? Or a guy that started the sim job in '02.
Past....
P.S. just looked it up. Sim guy starting in late '94 lost 1000 numbers. (3 yrs of hiring)