Originally Posted by
Gapilot
I was looking at the airline profiles and was curious about the FE position and how tough would it be for someone like me who has recently gotten commercial certificate last year and what the job entails even though not many airlines have FE around much. I have been curious about the position how good of an upgrade from FE to FO within the company?
I am thinking of trying out and I have recently gotten a book from Boeing which is about aircraft system which I wonder a book like that would be a good one to read over for the test on FE written?
Also I was looking at the regulations about how the FE hours can be use toward the 1500 hour rule. what they mean by no more then 1 hour for every 3 hours?
Thanks.
The FE job is a very (most) difficult position. But I feel like our training is top notch! We recently hired a guy who only had a single engine commercial certificate and he did great. He worked on his MEL during his off time and once he got it, he moved over to the falcon to work towards his ATP mins. Once he gets to ATP mins, he will have the opportunity to be an FO on the boeing. If he comes back to the boeing, and gets to 1000 hrs of 121 time, he will have the opportunity to upgrade to captain.
Right now, we have 3 guys in their mid-late 20s who are going to upgrade to captain this year. They've only been with the company for 3 years? Now their stories are a little different but it doesn't change the fact that you can progress through the company rapidly.
As far as the FE written goes, I would just use one of the test preps online. I spent 3 days reading over the questions and answers, got 95 percent on the test.
I can't remember the rule exactly but I think you can use 1/3 of your FE time towards your ATP? So we work around that by sending FEs to be a FO on the falcon when a slot is open to get to ATP mins. And right now, there is always an open slot.