Express Jet Questions?
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FlyChicaga
Vintage Restoration
Kelly, to answer your question, you'll need the 100 hours of multi time. It is in the minimum requirements, and applying early might hurt more than help. Just the way it works it seems, unless you are an ex-intern or coming from a college flight program. Even those it seems need 100 multi, but the total time requirements are lower.
JTrain et al, I hear initial OE was taking four to five weeks to schedule, but that might be getting down towards three weeks now. Plan on doing your OE in the Continental Express system, since that is where pretty much all our check airmen are located. We have very few check airmen in the Branded or Delta bases. The OE on your new-hire schedule is definitely up for grabs, and count on sims/LOFT even being moved around if they deem necessary. They'll normally push through an upgrade candidate and move new-hire sims around if needed, only because the upgrade pilot can fly in either seat.
Tim, seniority in your new-hire class is by age only. I'm not sure what they'd do if two people had the exact same birthdate (even year). Maybe call the hospital to see what time they were born?
I think it might go by last name in that case, but don't quote me on that.
JTrain et al, I hear initial OE was taking four to five weeks to schedule, but that might be getting down towards three weeks now. Plan on doing your OE in the Continental Express system, since that is where pretty much all our check airmen are located. We have very few check airmen in the Branded or Delta bases. The OE on your new-hire schedule is definitely up for grabs, and count on sims/LOFT even being moved around if they deem necessary. They'll normally push through an upgrade candidate and move new-hire sims around if needed, only because the upgrade pilot can fly in either seat.
Tim, seniority in your new-hire class is by age only. I'm not sure what they'd do if two people had the exact same birthdate (even year). Maybe call the hospital to see what time they were born?
I think it might go by last name in that case, but don't quote me on that.
Fly4Pay
New Member
I guess it would depend on the company, but in most cases it works like this: first seniority cut is by date of hire. For two people in the same class (meaning same hire date), OUR company orders them by date of birth--oldest is most senior (which was awesome for us old guys!
). I have NO idea how they break ties with the same b-day (which I'm guessing happens VERY rarely.SS# may be used in some places. If someone works somewhere that does that, chime in!
GlenWimpy
Well-Known Member
It was all in good fun , with some good advice included. I was just making a joke in reference to " the bashing I took " , it was just a joke , I didn't mean for it to come across in the wrong way. Its easy for things to get misinterpreted on these forums.
Timbuff10
Well-Known Member
SS# may be used in some places. If someone works somewhere that does that, chime in!
That was why I was asking actually... When I worked at F9 we went by date of hire, then by last four of our SS# and the thing that sucked for me is they went from highest was most senior, lowest was junior. My last four starts with a zero so I was last in the class.
Now going by age at Xjet, I suspect I will be somewhere between the middle and top since I am pushing 30 here.