Originally Posted by
Av8tr1
So you're saying if you had two candidates sitting in front of you. Both with the same background, training and hours. One has a type rating for the aircraft your company flies and one does not, you don't think the one WITH the type rating is a better hire?
Depends. Do they seem like a pretty humble, with it, up to date person I'd like to spend 4 days (or more) sitting next to? Or are they cocky, overconfident, ignorant, and not willing to listen/take advice from people that have a more recent knowledge/data base/experience with what's going on in the world? If the latter probably not.
It's been a long, long, long time since you've paid attention to airline interviews, performance base and targeted selection, hasn't it?
As to the bold, that's a huge improbability in this day and age, for the most part. Also, when an airline interviews candidates, they want to hire EVERY candidate that walks in the door. It's the candidates job to lose at that point. The type, or lack thereof went out the window as soon as the computer or human eyeballs screened/scored/selected them for interview. It doesn't become a Hunger Games competition once everyone shows up. If a pilot isn't hired, it's NOT because another pilot that day looked better on paper, its because the interviewers, and later a board made the determination that they weren't a good fit for the airline. NOT because their cert has less writing on it than another candidates.
I don't mean to be rude, but you're coming off pretty confident and secure that a major is your next stop. Gringo sums it up pretty well. But hey, you DON'T have to take our word for it. Nor anyone else's that's interviewed and secured multiple job offers in this most recent hiring wave. Best of luck in your endeavors/pursuits and spending that money on something useful.
Originally Posted by
gringo
Maybe if the calendar still read 2010... but it doesn’t.
Your thought process expired a decade ago. It’s 2020. Everything has changed.
But since you’re just not getting the hint, blow your entitlement on an Airbus type. WN will be flying them soon enough, and the 737 is at the end of the road anyways. And at least you’ll be comfortable.