From Turbo prop to Jet

[discus2]

Well,
I am wondering how I will manage to move from my left hand seat on ATR with 4000 hrs command time to a jet position. Non JAA licensed, I am feeling stuck.
Who s got a bright idea?
Where to go ? Which airlines should I target ?
Help!
Cheers...

[skyrocket]

Join Air Mauritius on their ATR fleet and get promoted to the A340.

You can buy me a beer in 4 years time when on layover in Paris (
for the advise)

Good Luck.

[Flying Mechanic]

try Eva Air in Taiwan, i was a 1900 captain and joined the Md11 fleet. Apply on line www.evaair.com. I dont have a JAA ticket either.

[Flying Mechanic]

is the ATR MTOW over 20 tonnes?apply to Cathay Cargo in Europe, as long as u have 1000 over 20 tonnes, you have a chance, and again u dont need a Jaa ticket for them.

[Stuck_in_an_ATR]

Nope, Cathay will offer you only S/O position with your time. how do I know? I also have 4000hrs TT and I am... (check my nickname)

[Loop A]

Cityjet. Many taken on recently with less time than that. RJ is almost a proper jet too.

[juanka]

Try Vietnam , I hear that they offers upgrade on Airbus after flying with them on ATR.

[latetonite]

I think if you having been flying turboprops al the time you would feel more comfortable flying right seat for a while. I went from left seat L-188 electra to the A310, and even having the command rating, I was more than happy to fly RHS to get used to a totally different world. There are some differences which I do not want you to discover on your own. Unless you do not want to feel comfortable, and make some stupid (normal) mistakes, which, with most airlines nowaday will put you back automaticly in that right hand seat. It is not just 4 gold bars and knowledge of SOP`s which make you a good jet pilot. But that is only my opinion of course. Some people think it is only a matter of flying hours. If you are short, I can spare a few thousand if you want.

[discus2]

Well, I am not looking for a direct LHS at all.
Rather a decent job for a serious outit. As a matter of fact, I d be delighted to learn all these new things from experienced skippers on jets.
However, no one seeems to care about my resume yet.
And I really can t afford a type rating with only slim chances with no jet time to get that jet job.
I ll keep on hunting jobs...
I thought about VAL but how serious are they when offering a jet position ? How long should I expect ?
Thanks to all for your replies,
Cheers.

[Donkey Duke]

Flying Mechanic,

Tell us more how you got from the 1900 to the Eva Md11? Where were you flying the B1900, and how do you like the MD11? Do you like Eva and Taipei? How often do you fly and where do you usually go? I think Discuss 2 should look into this also. Sounds interesting. Cheers!

[error_401]

discus2

which languages do you speak apart from English???

Might be that possibility.

Farnair in Switzerland used to pay for captains and offered conversion of license.

1 year licens conversion possible with ATR rating - then:

in this year you do your theoretical training and JAA examination

as we are in transition to EASA unsure about rules today.

cheers

(ex. ATR jockey as well - now enjoying the jets - haha 4 engines and still climbs like an ATR - AVRO 100 RJ)

[Cool banana]

Flying Mechanic,

Do you have a contact number and name in EVA flight crew recruitment ?
I have sent my application 2 months ago still waiting for an reply ? 2900TT / 1600 Turboprops

[Iver]

Have you considered Netjets Europe?