So, there seems to be some debate.....

SpiceWeasel said:
The way I look at is this: I never worry about my liquids, gels and/or aerosols weighing more than 3 oz. I also don't risk a random at KCM or inside security with non-compliant liquids.
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I never travel with any liquids over 3oz. Plus when I am traveling from Miami to anchorage I would like to be comfy.
 
SpiceWeasel said:
What changes about "wasn't furloughed but saw writing on the wall, will/has upgraded sooner?"
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Well it's not really a game where you have points for racking up type ratings. You really want to look at someone and know that he was making rational decisions.
 
Derg said:
That's pretty much it.

A CRJ 50 from an Embraer 175… I don't think anyone cares. If you've done three jets in three years and are sub 4,000-ish hours, I'd wonder "That's great you like to add type ratings, but operationally, you've done more khaki time in the simulator than flying the line… wazzupwiddat?"
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I have a CRJ 727 and 175 type, but only 2,300 Airline Apps countable hours. Does that mean my khaki's are like fresh from Kohl's crisp?
 
SpiceWeasel said:
Because 2 of your 4 reasons are pretty weak. Unfortunately...
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I think we're overanalyzing this here... Everyone is going to have their reasons. I just threw some ideas out there. For me personally it would be to get another type rating and help to stay fresh expanding my experience on a different aircraft. For me also, it would be to add a recent training event and increase my chances of being noticed by a major in the off chance that it mattered. Why that is a weak answer I'm not sure... Nor why that would make or break a job interview honestly... If it meant leaving my base though, I wouldn't do it... Unless I was already a commuter to begin with. Then it wouldn't really matter, and in fact it could be that the new type offered better QOL in way of commuting if you did commute.
 
I completed four rounds of new hire indoc. prior to getting my current job and got the initial email from HR the day after I added in my latest type before the current job. There were I believe 7 of us that were in similar positions in my last new hire course. For full disclosure, one move was sort of lateral but there was a trend to larger aircraft on the resume.
 
Jet types were corporate but I spent 23-25 days away from home each time the last two. Grapevine TX. Food not so great. Seriously driving around after hours felt like marshal law. On the way home from the sim center there was nearly always a police officer following me back to the hotel. I didn't care but it sure made me miss home.

The last time I rented a bike and found some good trails. So there's that.

I don't know about airline training but damn, homie. I wouldn't bail on my wife and kid for 25 days just to add a type. Or build my resume. I'd go to a bunch of job fair things and kick down some coin on interview prep. You'll be home more. Likely you'll live longer and odds would be on more exposure to real people who can help you find that perfect position at the majors, rather than say exposure to the sim center and the Hilton Garden Inn.
 
Derg said:
Well it's not really a game where you have points for racking up type ratings. You really want to look at someone and know that he was making rational decisions.
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One thing I've found in doing SAPA stuff is that circumstances are highly, highly individualized. A choice that would appear rational to me would be very irrational to a man in different circumstances, and vice versa.

Indeed, I was called a moron by a handful of people for leaving Eagle. A few months (if that long) later, it was announced MQ LAX was going away. (Ah took mah jerb!)
 
Baronman said:
I remember a few years ago not being qualified for US Airways...The reason? Not a recent new type rating. Meanwhile FOs and newly minted CA's were getting the call.
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I interviewed a few years back with only CRJ-200 experience and type rating, years old on the certificate. Didn't get the job (actually thankfully based on other factors), but the metric definitely wasn't new type and recently. The metric evidently wasn't types and time for selection at the time. Maybe it's changed now under American. I had 100 ish in the last 12 months and only a CL-65 type with all my time on the -200. The guy I interviewed with got the job with the same credentials. We were both instructors from the same shop. For both of us it was a blessing at the time.
 
higney85 said:
I interviewed a few years back with only CRJ-200 experience and type rating, years old on the certificate. Didn't get the job (actually thankfully based on other factors), but the metric definitely wasn't new type and recently. The metric evidently wasn't types and time for selection at the time. Maybe it's changed now under American. I had 100 ish in the last 12 months and only a CL-65 type with all my time on the -200. The guy I interviewed with got the job with the same credentials. We were both instructors from the same shop. For both of us it was a blessing at the time.
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At airways I think they wanted to see an initial within the last 5 years.
 
Soku39 said:
Ha, now that is fantastic!
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It was Emirates, back when I was looking to escape the regional. I was invited to a one-day assessment at ATL using Delta's sim and computerized testing. They took back the interview offer once they saw the time was all on the CRJ-200.

Emirates did hire several pilots from the CRJ-200 only for a short time frame in 2010. Those guys (and girls) are all CAs and I know of those who made CA at EK at ~31.
 
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