Originally Posted by
captscott26
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.
Don't think so, unless you go apply for a part 91 gig. Otherwise you have to go true at least some form of recurrent/ transition or requalification, which cost about half. And most don't hire just because somebody bought a type-rating. I know I don't.