Silver air ways hiring all

bronco21016 said:
I need 1,500 to go to Silver. I need 1,500 to go to ExpressJet, Compass, Eagle, etc etc. So why would Silver be a better "first airline"? The field is level and I have no reason to choose the lowest paying option other than MAYBE wanting to be based at home.

I don't have a dog in the fight... just pointing that out.
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I've been a part of a 1000 pilot, a 3000 pilot, and a 250 pilot airline.

It is just my personal observation and looking back, I would have loved to have flown at a smaller regional first.

Sure, it is a level playing field now, but it wasn't always the case. Even with that, it is still a good place to get your feet wet and use it as a stepping stone to bigger and better things.
 
ctab5060X said:
It is if you are an FO on reserve and flying 10 hours a month. :)
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But I thought you guys were short pilots.... thus the hiring... Silver's website says nothing of DEC's at this juncture... so if this is all true why are FO's only flying 10 hours a month? They should be hitting ~100/month.
 
Avalon781ML said:
But I thought you guys were short pilots.... thus the hiring... Silver's website says nothing of DEC's at this juncture... so if this is all true why are FO's only flying 10 hours a month? They should be hitting ~100/month.
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We are. FOs are flying more than that right now, but it wasn't that long ago FOs were complaining about being on reserve and not flying.
 
Avalon781ML said:
How much 121 time does one need to be a 121 Captain these days?
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If you read the reg you can get the 1000 hours under 135 and 91k as well. It boils down to it either has to have more than 10 pax seats or jet not t-prop, all as PIC. So as an extreme hypothetical, you're flying a 737 under part 91 for some really rich guy who owns it outright, those hours don't count. Or you're flying a 1900 under 135 but don't have 10 seats in the back, again doesn't count somehow.
 
z987k said:
If you read the reg you can get the 1000 hours under 135 and 91k as well. It boils down to it either has to have more than 10 pax seats or jet not t-prop, all as PIC. So as an extreme hypothetical, you're flying a 737 under part 91 for some really rich guy who owns it outright, those hours don't count. Or you're flying a 1900 under 135 but don't have 10 seats in the back, again doesn't count somehow.
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It is odd what does and doesn't count toward the 1000 hours for captain upgrade in 121 flying now.
 
ctab5060X said:
It is odd what does and doesn't count toward the 1000 hours for captain upgrade in 121 flying now.
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It is. What really makes me laugh, is say you're flying around a 1900, SA227, EMB-120, F-27 or ATR-42(part 25 tprop) for freight under 135. You could do that for 10,000 hours as PIC but would be unqualified to have the same job under 121 even if it was still freight, the only difference being the certificate.
 
ctab5060X said:
If we keep adding new routes without addressing our staffing concerns, we will be in even more of a world of hurt.
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Seems like a good time to add routes outta PBI and MCO......
 
z987k said:
It is. What really makes me laugh, is say you're flying around a 1900, SA227, EMB-120, F-27 or ATR-42(part 25 tprop) for freight under 135. You could do that for 10,000 hours as PIC but would be unqualified to have the same job under 121 even if it was still freight, the only difference being the certificate.
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Makes things boil in my brain is what it does! :rolleyes: ONLY way I would go somewhere like that, given my current times and qualifications, would be direct to the left seat. Oh well right?
 
bronco21016 said:
I need 1,500 to go to Silver. I need 1,500 to go to ExpressJet, Compass, Eagle, etc etc. So why would Silver be a better "first airline"? The field is level and I have no reason to choose the lowest paying option other than MAYBE wanting to be based at home.

I don't have a dog in the fight... just pointing that out.
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Exactly. Why go potentially sit right seat in a 1900 when you can yo fly an ERJ or CRJ. Makes no sense...
 
block30 said:
I imagine that the schools with the 1,000 and 1,250 hour exemptions are about to start graduating decent numbers of pilots. Just a guess though.
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Just curious, where are these schools at because if they graduated with 1250 or even 1000 hours then I went to the wrong school.
 
bronco21016 said:
I need 1,500 to go to Silver. I need 1,500 to go to ExpressJet, Compass, Eagle, etc etc. So why would Silver be a better "first airline"? The field is level and I have no reason to choose the lowest paying option other than MAYBE wanting to be based at home.
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Not even that. Looking at what Silever pays, I'd move to a cheaper base, or stop flying altogether first. The 1900 CA's get paid the same as a typical RJ FO.
 
nmineau said:
Silver is looking for Saab and beech pilots, not the best place but if you are not current, have more than a few dui's, or just plane can't get on else where silver will take ya!
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So if you're current and have zero DUI's and a four year degree (not in aviation!) surely you'll get the job?
 
Kevininsimi said:
So if you're current and have zero DUI's and a four year degree (not in aviation!) surely you'll get the job?
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Yes but honestly why go unless you can be based at home or you go as a DEC? Plenty of better companies out there... I'd consider going as a DEC but that's about it...
 
ctab5060X said:
you'll probably fly more than enough to get your feet wet in 121 ops.
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Guess that explains why it took them 2 months to do somenes IOE on the Beech, and 4 months to find a base for him. He's the only person based at CLE, and has 40 hours of flying total on the Beech since finishing training in June. That was per a Facebook message I received a couple days ago... Another pilot in my Beech class (funny enough, it's the sim partner of the guy I was just talking about) is out the door after a couple months because of, well... it doesn't matter. He's leaving to go 135 cargo in Michigan.
 
KHanson said:
Guess that explains why it took them 2 months to do somenes IOE on the Beech, and 4 months to find a base for him. He's the only person based at CLE, and has 40 hours of flying total on the Beech since finishing training in June. That was per a Facebook message I received a couple days ago... Another pilot in my Beech class (funny enough, it's the sim partner of the guy I was just talking about) is out the door after a couple months because of, well... it doesn't matter. He's leaving to go 135 cargo in Michigan.
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Actually working for the company still let me say, no one is based in Cleveland they are all still tdy after training and yes there are plenty of guys that came here for currency and are punching out.
 
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    Tomorrow I will be officially based in CLE. It literally took them 4 months to tell me were I would be based. Also I am the only person based there. Not flying much I have 40 hours or so. Lots of reserves on the Beach

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nmineau said:
Actually working for the company still let me say, no one is based in Cleveland they are all still tdy after training and yes there are plenty of guys that came here for currency and are punching out.
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