teadout2007
Well-Known Member
Hey All!
I'm currently at a 135 operation with a little over 3 years of experience. Of course the dream when I first got the license was to put in time where I needed to and eventually advance into a major airline. As I'm sure many others are in the same if not similar boat, I was curious if I could find info or get help in understanding what the majors are looking for in a potential candidate and how all the hopefuls can work on their skills and knowledge to make the best possible case for themselves. I've spent some time looking around the forum and haven't really found any good, direct to the point info, so I thought I would just write up a quick post and ask.
I saw a different thread that had a lot of resume/interview type responses but I'm looking for something a little more basic or from the ground floor. What skills and knowledge should I be brushing up on to best prepare? Coming from a 135 operation I have a great many "extra" tasks that I know are split up within a major airline so those would not be a good place to put my focus. How much of a benefit to your experience do the majors even consider 135 time? Does it give you any extra "pluses" in their eyes? Are the majors looking for a certain amount of years experience? Maybe aside from basic skill and knowledge, resume/interview prep is the best use of time to fight for that first, probably regional, position that gives you your initial launch point.
I appreciate any insights given on this! Thank you for spending a minute or two reading through this and thank you to all who take a moment to share!![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
I'm currently at a 135 operation with a little over 3 years of experience. Of course the dream when I first got the license was to put in time where I needed to and eventually advance into a major airline. As I'm sure many others are in the same if not similar boat, I was curious if I could find info or get help in understanding what the majors are looking for in a potential candidate and how all the hopefuls can work on their skills and knowledge to make the best possible case for themselves. I've spent some time looking around the forum and haven't really found any good, direct to the point info, so I thought I would just write up a quick post and ask.
I saw a different thread that had a lot of resume/interview type responses but I'm looking for something a little more basic or from the ground floor. What skills and knowledge should I be brushing up on to best prepare? Coming from a 135 operation I have a great many "extra" tasks that I know are split up within a major airline so those would not be a good place to put my focus. How much of a benefit to your experience do the majors even consider 135 time? Does it give you any extra "pluses" in their eyes? Are the majors looking for a certain amount of years experience? Maybe aside from basic skill and knowledge, resume/interview prep is the best use of time to fight for that first, probably regional, position that gives you your initial launch point.
I appreciate any insights given on this! Thank you for spending a minute or two reading through this and thank you to all who take a moment to share!
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)