Originally Posted by
zondaracer
How would it lend itself to MPL grads? MPL is specific to company, so unless an MPL Grad trained specifically to NAI's operating procedures, they wouldn't have a chance at getting hired. It is actually very typical of European carriers to ask for guys to be already type rated.
I suppose I misunderstood the MPL, then. The only experience I have with it is meeting some trainees at CTC in South Hampton. They didn't mention a specific carrier, although the programs were set up for specific carriers. One if the interviewees I was with went directly into a 737 as his first job, logged a couple thousand hours, no college degree, and is already on path to having a significantly more lucrative career than any regional airline pilot. I guess that's my overall point. Secondary point being that pilots from other countries may have some advantages to US applicants in these types of contracts, simply due to the type ratings.