737 Type rating?
#22
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CrewPilotTraining.com is another one to look into. CPT is at Houston Intercontental and uses Continental sims. Course was 1 or 2 days shorter than HP and the cost was similar. The owner is a Cont pilot and can get you a nonrev pass and they had a pretty good deal with a local hotel. I don't remember the cost exactly but it was inline with the other guys.
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CrewPilotTraining.com is another one to look into. CPT is at Houston Intercontental and uses Continental sims. Course was 1 or 2 days shorter than HP and the cost was similar. The owner is a Cont pilot and can get you a nonrev pass and they had a pretty good deal with a local hotel. I don't remember the cost exactly but it was inline with the other guys.
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#26
6 days? Wow, that must be a ball buster.
I am getting ready for the HPA 737 course and the pre study requirement is 60 hours followed by 14 days in class/sim.
I wonder what Lone Eagle is doing differently than the rest?
I am really looking forward to this HPA type training. It is going to cost $7380 total and they can set you up at the Comfort Suites Hotel in the Entertainment District for $42 a night. The rooms are nice but get one on the side of the hotel, away from the highway. The highway side is a bit noisey.
Slice, if you don't mind me asking, were you given any indication as to why you were not hired or have you talked to HRO afterwards to find out, perhaps?
I am getting ready for the HPA 737 course and the pre study requirement is 60 hours followed by 14 days in class/sim.
I wonder what Lone Eagle is doing differently than the rest?
I am really looking forward to this HPA type training. It is going to cost $7380 total and they can set you up at the Comfort Suites Hotel in the Entertainment District for $42 a night. The rooms are nice but get one on the side of the hotel, away from the highway. The highway side is a bit noisey.
Slice, if you don't mind me asking, were you given any indication as to why you were not hired or have you talked to HRO afterwards to find out, perhaps?
#27
Why? ....waste money on this. There is about a 20% chance of getting hired and if youre in the 80% that dont....other airlines like Alaska and Air Tran look at your ratings and figure....Southwest was your first choice and they didn't hire you why should we!!....I know guys at job fairs that have been told this straight from recruiters mouths...it's what stopped me from pusuing it.
#28
Why? ....waste money on this. There is about a 20% chance of getting hired and if youre in the 80% that dont....other airlines like Alaska and Air Tran look at your ratings and figure....Southwest was your first choice and they didn't hire you why should we!!....I know guys at job fairs that have been told this straight from recruiters mouths...it's what stopped me from pusuing it.
Actually I think 20% is pretty optimistic. I think its around 14% with the amount of people that HR is interviewing. However, if that's the place you want to work then go for it. If you don't want to go get the type rating then try to wait it out and hope for an interview. Although, hope is not a course of action. GMO
#29
Do you think they are any downsides to getting a 737 type rating???
Pretty much the only airline that requires one is Southwest. Lets say you get the type, but have yet to get an interview (or you get one and fail). Lets say you interview with a company like Frontier. Good airline. Pay is not as good as Southwest. Probably a company you would leave if you got offered a job at Southwest. You interview with Frontier, but they are weary about hiring you because they see that 737 type, and it shows you may leave for Southwest very early on in your career.
Why would they pay for your training if you may jump ship soon?
Just a thought provoker.
Pretty much the only airline that requires one is Southwest. Lets say you get the type, but have yet to get an interview (or you get one and fail). Lets say you interview with a company like Frontier. Good airline. Pay is not as good as Southwest. Probably a company you would leave if you got offered a job at Southwest. You interview with Frontier, but they are weary about hiring you because they see that 737 type, and it shows you may leave for Southwest very early on in your career.
Why would they pay for your training if you may jump ship soon?
Just a thought provoker.
#30
Why? ....waste money on this. There is about a 20% chance of getting hired and if youre in the 80% that dont....other airlines like Alaska and Air Tran look at your ratings and figure....Southwest was your first choice and they didn't hire you why should we!!....I know guys at job fairs that have been told this straight from recruiters mouths...it's what stopped me from pusuing it.
I finally got calls after I was hired by SWA.
To get it or not get it?
It is a moot point now with most of the new hires not having ratings when they interviewed. Then going and getting them pronto after a call from SWA. It is all a gamble, even my wife questioned why I wanted to work at SWA in 1989. She doesn't wonder why anymore. Fill out the application. No reason not to now, if you have all the quals except the rating. More than half of the new hires I have flown with in the last couple of years didn't have it when they interviewed.
Those that didn't get hired the last time, keep on trying. I have also flown with those who interviewed multiple times. Good Luck!
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