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0 pointshalilkoklu1y ago0 comments

I've got my eyes on the A350 for ages now so I'm glad that I landed on the Airbus fleet (80/20 odds in favour of Boeing here at my airline).

I've got two possible progression tracks from here: 1. gain experience on the A320 for a year, get upgraded to the A330, after two years get certified for the A350 to fly A330/A350 mixed. 2. spend years on A320, upgrade to captain, many more years, then finally upgrade to A330 as captain, then two years later A350 added.

I am planning to fly jump seat to see all the types we're flying.

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jamesharding1y ago

May I ask which airline you fly for? Feel free to email me if you like (email is on the website!) if you'd rather not post it in public :)

Career progression in airlines is interesting - with lifestyle being so heavily influenced by seniority at most airlines, there is often a big tradeoff decision to make between lifestyle and salary.

At my current airline, the most well-trodden career progression has historically always been Short-haul FO -> Long-haul FO -> Short-haul Captain -> Long-haul Captain. Curious if this is the same at other airlines?

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