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Old 01-06-2020 | 06:34 AM
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I might add, from a retired chief pilot who’s still in the biz, a jet corporate job will send you to a type rating course right out of the box. And, despite opinions to the contrary, it’s not a cakewalk. My old operation just had a pilot which a long resume of bizjet time flunk out of a CAE course after several attempts to get the recommend ride. It’s 5 sims and an rating ride. There’s less 121 BS, but it’s fast paced and assumes a lot of knowledge. HUD use, when equipped, is part of those 5 or 6 sims. OTOH, our guys that had to go to CRJ school to fly the 850 hated the “you missed to pushback call”, for example. We don’t push.

Build some ME time, maybe Ameriflight or a FDX contractor, perhaps Surf Air, Tradewind, or Planesense to get some actual instrument time in a glass cockpit.

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