Originally Posted by
HAL39
If hired, you WILL get a PIC type, whether through upgrade or going through the PanAm course if you quit before upgrade. This is straight from the Director of Training.
A verbal promise from the Director of Training and $5 will get you a coffee at starbucks. I certainly hope our MEC isn't accepting this as compliance with the provisions of the contract. Just because the FAA isn't letting the company type newhires concurrently with the newhire course doesn't exempt the company from the requirement to type newhires. There are other means available.