Boeing or Airbus type?
 

I have some VA education funding that is about to run out. I am considering getting a large jet type rating. I was thinking of either the 737 or a Airbus. Which would be most marketable?

I do not want to get into a which is better, this isn't a "Boeing or I am not going" sort of conversation. Its purely which would make more sense given the current climate?

Honestly I’m not sure it matters anymore. If the VA is funding it do the aircraft you see your future self in. If your dream is to work for SWA obviously go 73. I don’t think any American carriers require a type rating anymore

Have you thought about a seaplane rating or other rating like that? As the other response indicated, I'm not sure the type rating does much anymore when you don't get associated flight time logged in the airframe, but I guess it also can't hurt.

I already have a seaplane rating. I have every rating available in both helicopter and fixed wing including all the instructor ratings as well. I had considered learning to fly a blimp but the only way you can do that is through an employer and commit to a training contract. But I specifically want something that will further my career.

I just want to add on another type rating and since a major is most likely my next stop (god help us all) doing a boeing or airbi makes the most sense.

Why not get a corporate jet type rating? It shows potential 121 employers that you can pass a type rating course. It also (should there be some snag in your career progression) gives you something to fall back on, going to a corporate or 135 operator. It's true that many corporate/135 operators will type rate their ideal candidate, but it's also true that having the right type rating will make you more marketable to corporate/135 operators. Its been over 5 years since I've been in the corporate world, but I imagine a G550, G650, Falcon 7x, Global Express type rating would be good places to start.

if one is going to peruse a corporate type rating, take a job with a 135 operator that will pay for the type rating.

Find better things to spend your on. There’s no reason to pay for a type rating on the Airbus or Boeing.

I considered that too. But there are SOOO many to choose from. A type rating is a type rating though. If you can pass one you likely can pass all of them. So I assume for the purposes of corporate marketability any of my types will work for that purpose should I want to go to the corp world. And if I am going to commit to a 135 without a union I am going to want them to have skin in the game. A 737 is one of the most recognizable ratings in the world. If one has any of the larger passenger jets they likely can pass any of the biz jets too. Plus I get to go to one of the more demanding types without the pressure of line training. For me its just another type rating. No pressure of a loss of job if I don't pass for some inexplicable reason.

This is pretty much it. I already have all the college I am going to want (though a degree in physics or astronomy would be cool but I don't have enough funds available). I looked at redoing my EMT certs and even becoming a dive instructor but I need to be in a specific type of course for this to be valid for VA purposes. And the likelyhood of me taking an EMT job is pretty close to zero. I'd be a dive instructor when I decide to retire but I live in the desert. So adding another type makes the most sense. Plus its really the taxpayers money and I don't want to waste it on something I might never use. They paid for my military flight training and they paid for some of my civilian flight training so I think it would be appropriate that I use that money for something in the line of work I already do.

No, it really doesn't, see the bottom.

If one is going to peruse a Airbus/73 type, find a Legacy/major/LCC/ULCC that will pay for it.

No, it really doesn't.

Do you have a masters? If so, get ANOTHER ONE, in anything. Just make sure to get a 4.0 in the program. It's more "marketable" than a type on a NB aircraft.

Just so we got this straight; You have all these ratings, you have all the college you want/need, and you're a military trained pilot looking for a type rating to make yourself more "marketable" for a major as your next stop?