Originally Posted by
John Carr
You can't use it for an online?
If it's burning a hole in your pocket and you have NOTHING else you want, it "makes sense". Sorry to break it to you, it's not really going to make you marketable for a major. You said you were military trained, do you have a currency issue? In that case, going to a regional and getting a type on (insert RJ here) and some time in the plane is more marketable than a type.
You'd be surprised. Get one of those certs, then do volunteer work in the field of those certs. That makes more sense than getting a type.
Sigh.....I appreciate the suggestions but clearly we are having a communication issue here. I have already trained as an EMT, I would have to go back for my certification test, which is a couple of hundred at the most. I spent years doing volunteer work in search and rescue and don't want to do that anymore. I am also already a dive master and volunteer diver for a couple of nature focused non profits. So no value in me going back to do either of those.
I am current so there is no currency issue. I am eventually going to end up at a major where I will fly either a Boeing or a Airbus. I have money that I can only use for specific purposes. One of those purposes is a new type rating. I could go for a Gulf Stream or some other biz jet but the likelihood of me using it is pretty low. The likelihood of me using a large passenger jet is pretty high. And I wouldn't have the stress of a employment related training event. So again a type rating seems to make the most sense. Otherwise I can let the time limit lapse and loose the remaining amount available.
Make sense?