Originally Posted by
ebl14
A jet transition course is valuble, no matter what anyone else says. When I was in training, all of those who failed had no expierence in a jet or a transition course. Its not that you won't have to study all the companies profiles, procedures.. bla bla bla, you will. But the first 2-4 sims when everyone else is learning what all the knobs and switches do instead of working through the lessons, you will already be working on more of the procedures so the first time you see a V1 cut isn't at sim 5-6. Is it worth 8Gs? Thats debateable, but it will definately help you in training. I saw a guy in my class with 3000 plus hours, much of it single pilot IFR in a caravan, guess what, he was lost in the CRJ, with a transition course the learning curve wouldn't have been too steep for him. CFIing and gaining hours in a senica will not help you in a CRJ (or equivalent) on the same level as one of those courses, period. FInd a cheaper one, or maybe buy a couple lessons familiarizing yourself in an FTD of the type of aircraft you intend to fly at your next job.
If you don't have the skills to make it in a new job without buying time in type, you may need to save your money and find something else to do. If you are a competent, experienced pilot you should have no trouble being proficient in an aircraft after being trained on it. If you have to buy time to be able to pass company training, then you aren't ready...period. Being a cfi will help you become a more competent pilot than just about anything else especially if you go from that to night single pilot ifr flying cargo or something.