Originally Posted by
Bergman
It will depend on which airplane you get of course, but seems like 60-90 days is a fair bet. A lot of people had a 2-3 week break between Indoc and training and will still finish in under 90. I talked with some of the 7ER guys who are waiting a month or two for IOE/TOE after finishing their sims (pipeline is full), which will put them way past 90 days but at least on flight pay after their final sim check.
Just for clarification, you are on 'training pay' (training salary) until you convert to 'flight pay'. Conversion occurs when records receives your sign-off for IOE. IOE is scheduled for a minimum of 35 hours so it could be any number of '
X-day trips' depending on your fleet and what the LCAs bid.
On the 7ER, conversion occurs after your sign-off for
domestic IOE (35 hrs). After IOE, you complete TOE (Trans-Oceanic Experience)(now on flight pay, but not released to the line) which
usually includes 2 rotations (trips) with North Atlantic Track routing. I don't know if TOE is
always 2 rotations, or if they are
always NAT rotations. I just know it's what I did. Once you complete TOE, you get the "OK" from training placed on your schedule and are released to the line.
Hope this helps your financial planning.