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H46Bubba said:
Dude! I'm 37 and I'm in my junior year at ERAU. I work a full time job and I can still find time to do classes. Maybe you need to spend less time next to the pool or on the beach "Doing the Gulley" and spend it doing some online courses. ;) If I can do it, you can too! Get that degree bro!:)
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I'm a year older and you sure nuff told the truth. This is a young mans game, college. It's super hard and stressful working FT, and also going to school. I think about giving up a lot. But it's what I've done a lot in my younger life.It will be so very rewarding when we're both finished I'm sure.
 
I went back to school at 23. Glad I didn't wait a single day longer. Now I only have one semester left. Time flies man, buckle down and get er done, it'll be over before you know it.
Maximillian_Jenius said:
You're only 21 dude. More than enough time to get started. But you don't want to still being doing college in your late thirties like me. It sucks! Do it now!!!
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Don't worry about who is getting called, what qualifications they had, or who wrote them a letter. If you can apply with the minimum qualifications do so and update frequently. You have to believe 100% that they WILL interview you. Make ACTIVELY applying to airlines you want to work for a part time job. Leave the complaining, bitterness, and excuses to the regional captains sitting at the top of their seniority lists (easy! not all of them are that way but more than a few are).

Note to RJ FO's out there....the hiring environment is likely to change again, almost overnight, sometime soon IMHO. The pool of connected pilots, qualified RJ captains, and interested military pilots is shallow and getting shallower by the day. Purely my uninformed opinion but at some point the airlines will find regional FO's that are hard working, possess positive attitudes, and a hunger to work for XYZ major as more attractive candidate than the RJ captains who half assed their applications and have been noticeably absent during past hiring cycles. HR can easily look at when you first applied, your update history, your career migration patterns, etc and make a reasoned judgement about your motivation as an employee. Did you apply the moment the window opened or the moment you met the qualifications? Did you upgrade at the first possible opportunity or stay a sr FO for a few years? Did you do any work within the airline beyond just being a line pilot? The candidates who have their apps in the system will get a shot those who wait for the tide to turn will be left chasing it.
 
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Derg said:
Pretty much! Someone made a name for himself methinks.
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Any old NWA skippers try to shank you yet?

"Jerry! There he is! Here, wrap this spoon I sharpened into a knife from the cafeteria in this here USA Today. Go get him!!!"

"I cant George, my sciatica and arthritic knee is preventing me from catching up with him"
 
Cav said:
Don't worry about who is getting called, what qualifications they had, or who wrote them a letter. If you can apply with the minimum qualifications do so and update frequently. You have to believe 100% that they WILL interview you. Make ACTIVELY applying to airlines you want to work for a part time job. Leave the complaining, bitterness, and excuses to the regional captains sitting at the top of their seniority lists (easy! not all of them are that way but more than a few are).

Note to RJ FO's out there....the hiring environment is likely to change again, almost overnight, sometime soon IMHO. The pool of connected pilots, qualified RJ captains, and interested military pilots is shallow and getting shallower by the day. Purely my uninformed opinion but at some point the airlines will find regional FO's that are hard working, possess positive attitudes, and a hunger to work for XYZ major as more attractive candidate than the RJ captains who half assed their applications and have been noticeably absent during past hiring cycles. HR can easily look at when you first applied, your update history, your career migration patterns, etc and make a reasoned judgement about your motivation as an employee. Did you apply the moment the window opened or the moment you met the qualifications? Did you upgrade at the first possible opportunity or stay a sr FO for a few years? Did you do any work within the airline beyond just being a line pilot? The candidates who have their apps in the system will get a shot those who wait for the tide to turn will be left chasing it.
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What about guys with 0 TPIC who've been throwing gear on a widebody for 4 or so years? Any calls for them? :)
 
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