31 minutes ago, disgruntledemployee said:

The last thing the Bobs want in a first assignment airline gig with a type to teach em all on airline life. That's like putting the revolving door on quick spin mode.

Valid point

It’d probably only be airline like in type jet flown though, with as many pilots as they would have to cycle thru an FY, it would have to move a quick pace methinks.

3 months for type course plus added training. Academics, PTT / FTDs and Sims plus observation rides.

1 month allocated for 10 training flights, I’d keep it pretty simple and all local to knock it out. 1.0, launch to rendezvous nearby with another 320 to a precontact position, hold it for 3 minutes, depart & recover to base, 1 GA or discontinued app, land out of next approach. Swap seats with your training buddy as you’ve been riding jump (another reason this would need to be in the Bus). 3 flights in your syllabus would be as a simulated tanker.

2 months to get 6 trips accomplished. 4 day trips to bounce around the system. 2 student pilots allocated to a trip, team certified after 3 trips, IPs supervise from jump trips 4-6.

Edited 17 hours ago17 hr by Clark Griswold

The original KC-46 guys were getting 767 type ratings in Miami. The USAF put an end to that quickly.

32 minutes ago, Sua Sponte said:

The original KC-46 guys were getting 767 type ratings in Miami. The USAF put an end to that quickly.

I must be missing something.

If you have time in type and a Form-8, wouldn’t that automatically qualify you for the type from the FAA?

13 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

The last thing the Bobs want is a first assignment airline gig with a type to teach em all on airline life. That's like putting the revolving door on quick spin mode.

In a way, the AD is already doing that by sending first assignment guys to ANG squadrons. 😁

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by SocialD

6 hours ago, BFM this said:

I must be missing something.

If you have time in type and a Form-8, wouldn’t that automatically qualify you for the type from the FAA?

Normally you’re correct. However, the KC-46 uses 787 glass in the cockpit and at the time I was in the -46 program (2020-2024), pilots were ineligible due to that reason. I don’t know if that changed back to giving them 767 type ratings since I left.

I wonder how much a type really helps you in landing an airline job. The airline is going to make you go through their entire training program regardless of having a type rating. So, it’s no cost savings to them. It does show you can make it through a training program, but that point is already proven by one’s military career (where training programs are a 1,000 times harder than anything the airlines do).