Airline aircraft type, does it matter which you fly?

Mark815

Mark815

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Question for the airline crowd. Let's say that in a handful of years I want to go fly for an airline that operates E190s, such as Jet Blue, Airways or similar. Would going to an airline that only operates CRJs be a bad thing? Would having the 170/190 type matter much in the hiring process down the line? I know with corporate, type rating is almost everything, but I'm honestly not sure how the airlines work when it comes to that sort of thing.
 
No, the only time it matters is if you are applying to a place like Emirates that has a GTOW requirement. It does seem to matter when it comes to turboprops (that don't have fms or glass).
 
Generally speaking it doesn't matter at all. In the past (not sure about now) some required a weight, or turbojet.
 
Mark815 said:
Question for the airline crowd. Let's say that in a handful of years I want to go fly for an airline that operates E190s, such as Jet Blue, Airways or similar. Would going to an airline that only operates CRJs be a bad thing? Would having the 170/190 type matter much in the hiring process down the line? I know with corporate, type rating is almost everything, but I'm honestly not sure how the airlines work when it comes to that sort of thing.
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The ONLY consideration to that, other than the Emirate deal, would be the availability of contract work overseas.

Other than that, money / days off. The more the better.
 
Polar742 said:
The ONLY consideration to that, other than the Emirate deal, would be the availability of contract work overseas.

Other than that, money / days off. The more the better.
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I've noticed the E jets are quite popular all around the world. I'd love to fly one and have the type for exactly the reasons you mentioned. I don't have any jet time at the moment, so while anything in the logbook would help at this point, I wanted to be sure that I'm not shooting myself in the foot if I were to go to an airline that is flying CRJs at the moment.
 
Mark815 said:
I've noticed the E jets are quite popular all around the world. I'd love to fly one and have the type for exactly the reasons you mentioned. I don't have any jet time at the moment, so while anything in the logbook would help at this point, I wanted to be sure that I'm not shooting myself in the foot if I were to go to an airline that is flying CRJs at the moment.
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Nope.
 
Polar742 said:
^ that

But I have about 4k in the Ejet. I really liked it.
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Sure. It's always nice to enjoy flying what you fly. I have enjoyed my time in Embraer airplanes, for example, but if they offered me something *significantly* better (QOL and Pay) to go fly the Canuck Jets, I would. They aren't, so I won't.
 
Like Wheels said, it might help you in training. We had guys that came from XJT or Compass that had time in the 145 and the 170/175. They had a decent amount of familiarity with the 190 vs us guys that only had CRJ time. But, we all made it through training since the airline is gonna train you on their equipment. The guys that got the Airbus all made it through, too. IIRC, those guys were a couple of CRJ drivers, an ERJ-145 guy, a military guy and a corporate guy.
 
Maybe it's just me, but I'd prefer starting training on an aircraft with a clean slate... No previous flows and that sort of thing to get in the way.
 
Mark815 said:
I wanted to be sure that I'm not shooting myself in the foot if I were to go to an airline that is flying CRJs at the moment.
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As long as the fleet isn't 95% CRJ-200s in the DCI system you'll be fine. The regionals are a crap shoot like everyone on here will tell you but in recent times the ones with lots of 50-seat exposure seem to be highest risk.
 
bronco21016 said:
As long as the fleet isn't 95% CRJ-200s in the DCI system you'll be fine. The regionals are a crap shoot like everyone on here will tell you but in recent times the ones with lots of 50-seat exposure seem to be highest risk.
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Management here has a plan, and it doesn't involve keeping the Two Hundo as near as I can tell.
 
GypsyPilot said:
Maybe it's just me, but I'd prefer starting training on an aircraft with a clean slate... No previous flows and that sort of thing to get in the way.
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I have done it 3 times now since my first training event. It really isn't a problem. This is especially true if the aircraft are not similar.
 
Mark815 said:
Question for the airline crowd. Let's say that in a handful of years I want to go fly for an airline that operates E190s, such as Jet Blue, Airways or similar. Would going to an airline that only operates CRJs be a bad thing? Would having the 170/190 type matter much in the hiring process down the line? I know with corporate, type rating is almost everything, but I'm honestly not sure how the airlines work when it comes to that sort of thing.
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No it wouldn't, don't narrow down your choices based on that.
 
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