Originally Posted by
Jetcap37
Having just a 61.157 type rating with no actual time in the airplane won't get you very far. It might look good on your certificate but that is about it.
That is completely false. Think about it...if you were a chief pilot looking for, say, a Hawker 800 crew, would you hire someone that you didnt have to send to school for 20k or someone that you did? In this economic environment finding savings like that is extremely beneficial.