Regional New Hire by May 2006: Reasonable Goal?

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sorrygottarunway

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I know I've turned into an absentee poster on this forum, but CFIing has been busy, and I've been working many weeks, 7 days a week. I've flown about 500 hours in the past year, my total time is 920, multi time is 196 (it would be 200 by now if my multi student didn't cancel on me all the time!), and dual given is around 500. I've just finished my 5th PPL candidate with a pass, and have 2 more planned to finish their checkride this week.

Influenced by parents wanting me to "get on with it" and after just over a year of good instructing experience, I've set a goal to be with a regional airline by May 2006. I called up ATP (where I did the 90-day program) and they told me that the CRJ class they offer is tied in with many of the airline hiring programs. I'm working on my ATP written right now, and should be done with that in 1-2 months (want a 90% or above before I take it). Is this a reasonable goal- in the fact that most of the interview reports I've been reading show candidates with flight experience well above mine? I enjoy flight instructing, and my students are worth every ounce of effort I've put into training them, but my current flight school is not really "move-on" friendly, and our owner looks down upon the fact that my goal is eventually the airlines.
 
I don't see any reason to spend money on a "program". You've worked hard to get where you are now and are enjoying it. Keep at it. You're nearly at some regionals mins, now. Start applying and networking. Do you have any friends who could walk in a resume once you meet the mins?
 
apply to ASA, a couple of friends from school have interviews lined up with them with just over 600 tt, and 100 multi. can't hurt you to at least apply.

do you instruct at DXR let me know of any good multi planes up there. I'm at HPN and there is pretty much no multi action their.

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Apply for Colgan, a good friend and fellow instructor(1100/100) applied there last Friday, interviewed and got hired last wed, and starts training tommorrow! All they can do is say you dont meet the mins or give you an interview, so send the resumes out and good luck! Then send me all of your multi students!
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I'm working on my ATP written right now, and should be done with that in 1-2 months (want a 90% or above before I take it).

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Dude, An ATP gleim book, Gleim test prep software and 2 weeks of study got me an 86%. Ya don't need two months.
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It's NOT that hard of a test.
 
hehee... I hope it doesn't take 2 months. Bought the gleim book today, its a bit heavy. The day I hit 1000 the applications will go out. As for networking, anyone up for lunch/dinner at the local Gotaburger?

Danbury flight School where I work has a cool seneca that has just been re-interiored, avioniced (take THAT Meriam Webster!), and painted. It has an HSI and is wonderful for instrument work. Unfortunately it rents for 235/hr.

I enjoy the CFIing here, but the latest price increase here (due to rising fuel costs) have really cut down on my students, and now we have only the customers with a large amount of disposable income. I just wish that some of their attitudes were also disposable, as my sole multi student (for example) sometimes treats me as if he's doing me such a big favor by being my student, and sometimes shirks off my comments about how to improve his flying. However, my pen WILL NOT touch the "signoffs" section of his logbook until I am pleased with his maneuvers according to the PTS.
 
Apply to Skyway. 3 current line pilots, one of whom recently spoke to the HR manager, told me they're having trouble filling their new-hire classes and the average new-hire TT is 600.
 
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Apply to Skyway. 3 current line pilots, one of whom recently spoke to the HR manager, told me they're having trouble filling their new-hire classes and the average new-hire TT is 600.

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Forgive my ignorance, but aren't they based in sweden? Not that I would have anything against moving to sweden!
http://www.skyways.se/
 
5/2006 is more than reasonable considering you already meet the mins at many airlines and are probably within a month of meeting the mins at most of them. But I think you will be better off by bribing someone who works at the regionals to walk in your resume. What regionals would you want to work for?
 
I have been interested in ExpressJet as well as Eagle. XJT has many people I know (one of my PPL students is a mechanic there), but unfortunately they don't take walked in resumes... Basically I would find it cool to be based in Boston, but at this point, my wish is to have a busy and regular flight schedule with passengers, more than the type of aircraft I'm looking for. I'm not sure what the "crashpad experience" is like, but it sounds like fun
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I'm not sure if spending more $$ on the ATP RJ program will be that helpful at this point. (Unless you are talking about doing the quickie ATP written course.) You pretty much meet minimums at most regionals, or you should in short order, why not start shooting out the resumes as soon as you pass the magic 1000 hour mark. The way I see it regionals are hiring with closer to mins these days. (I know we are.)

I think you have a good chance at regional work by May.
 
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my wish is to have a busy and regular flight schedule with passengers, more than the type of aircraft I'm looking for.

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That will happen eventually but not when you start out and are sitting reserve all month.


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I'm not sure what the "crashpad experience" is like, but it sounds like fun
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Unless you can find a really good set up, crashpads generally suck. It usually amounts to sleeping in a box with a few other people coming in an out at ungodly hours.
 
Pinnacle's minimums are 1000 TT and 200 ME... should apply here. They are having problems filling new hire classes, too.
 
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Apply to Skyway. 3 current line pilots, one of whom recently spoke to the HR manager, told me they're having trouble filling their new-hire classes and the average new-hire TT is 600.

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Skyway has had little or no growth in the past....4 or more years I guess. I would only go there if thats what you had your heart set on, where going crazy now, or they have a base in your back yard.
 
You should already have resumes out, But certainly when you break 1000. You have a chance at most places once you have 1000/100.
 
If you really want to be based in Boston, stick it out until you can take your ATP and go with Cape Air. I know you aren't the sort with Shiney Jet Syndrom so it may work out well for you. They are always looking for people and they treat their employees really well. However, if you really want to go with the typical regional, May is a VERY realistic goal to have. Best of luck.
 
Apply to Air Wisconsin. We are so short of pilots that we may have to start cancelling flights. We're getting guys right out of flight school with only a few hundred hours. Heard from one of our instructors that one recent new hire only had 350 hours.
 
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Influenced by parents wanting me to "get on with it" and after just over a year of good instructing experience,

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not to go back to the first post, but how is it your parents want you to get on with it. Just checkin on the "whos life is it dept"

And as far as Cape Air goes, I flew a year of CE-402 in California, and man I like that plane a lot. I really thought about doing a year at Cape Air also... I think it would be a great time and would go by fast. You would come out the other end a different individual... notice i didnt say PILOT.
 
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