My vote would be, for that money, get a type. I would probably opt for the 737, though the Bus is sought after by a lot of places, too.

I've got plenty of total time, PIC & jet time but I'm only typed in steam guage antiques. So I'm shut out of a lot of opportunities. The type rating will definitely increase your possibilities.

 

Orient Thai will hire you with a bare B757 type if you show up. You'll have to front an additional $10K for the T&G's that the Thai authority want. The pay sucks and the ships are not in great shape, but you do it to get the time on a big glass plane and leave. Nigeria is OK for the same deal, but again I'd say you have to show up. A friend of mine walked into Buraq in Indonesia with 350 TT and a B737 type, but that was a while ago. Again, he showed up at ops in person. All these guys get a bunch of resumes from people with bare types or just saying 'will you give me a job if I get the type'. Generally they don't get far.

You might see the trend here; the absolute lowest of the low generally hire with just a type, unless you can work in a country with a decent operation that hires turbo-prop people with bare types, like New Zealand (Pac Blue) or, as mentioned previously, Europe.

Hope I'm not repeating others too much here. Good luck with it anyway.

 

Great advice and inputs gentlemen. Thank you very much.

 

Hi!

I have seen a bunch of jobs for ERJ 170/175/190/195 type rating.

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I am looking for my friend, an ERJ-145 captain (50 seat ERJ). Any info???