Old 12-31-2006, 02:00 AM
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TipsyMcStagger
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Since you're asking for opinions...don't worry about a type rating. Just find one of those two-day ATP courses in a Seminole or Duchess, etc and bang out your ATP ASAP. These courses are designed pretty much around guys like yourself. I used to instruct at one of those pilot factories many moons ago. The average guy who came in for a two-day ATP had stats just like yours (there was a large AFB nearby). Not that it's right, but the DPE's were all too happy to collect their $200 and hand you your shiny new ATP certificate...usually three times a day. For many of the applicants, it was the only piston time in their logbook.

Again, just my opinion, but I really doubt anyone in HR at UPS or FedEx is going to look at your package and say, "well he's been flying in the AF for the last 10 years and he's got an ATP, but I wonder if he's got what it takes to get a type rating?"

Just my opinion, but I'd go get the ATP ASAP and forget about wasting time and $$$ on a type rating.

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