Tail dragger endorsement hurts airline job prospect?

My tailwheel time is limited to a -180 and my Swift. With a tricycle gear, I don't worry too much about crosswinds. In the Swift, I am always alert but more than 15kts and I am very alert. And too, the Swift can run out of rudder authority in strong winds from the left. But like the old saying, you should fly the airplane all the way from chock to chock.. it's just tailwheels require a bit more attention. Not impossible, especially when you get good training. Another facet of aviation like flying sailplanes (also recommended)
 
beasly said:
Hi all.

An aviator who I respect (ex-boss) responded to my remark that I wanted to pursue a taildragger endorsement with "it will hurt your chances in the airlines because its not a question of IF you do a ground loop, but WHEN you do a ground loop."

Now, I totally respect my ex-chief as he is a true professional--a pleasure to work for--but to this day that line of reasoning sounds wrong to me.

Plus there are some strong reasons I want to pursue it.

1. Tail dragger pilots must--by the offset CG--be better aviators.
2. They fly the coolest aircraft.


Your thoughts?

thanks.

b.

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No offense to your friend, but this is complete b.s. My dad and some of his buddies fly into strips so short sometimes they have to groundloop at the end of the runway/clearing depending on conditions.

I didn't fly a nosedragger until I was 12, I grew up on tailwheels. I'm a 121 pilot at the premier bottom feeding regional.
 
L-16B said:
I didn't fly a nosedragger until I was 12, I grew up on tailwheels. I'm a 121 pilot at the premier bottom feeding regional.
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Nosedragger..

.I like it.

When I start instructing again, I will use this terminology with glee.


Glad to know on the job front too.

Much obliged.

b
 
FYI for all......

Having a seaplane rating on your certificate will kill your chances for an airline gig.

You might be too tempted to ditch into the Hudson.






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Crap....tailwheel and seaplane...I'll never get a job. Lets hope no one ever sees that rotor-wing time in my logbook!
 
The hours and ratings are merely the pass that gets you in the door. Once you are invited for an interview, it is an admission the company WANTS to hire you. They are going to spend money and time to see if you will fit within the culture. That is the benchmark. IF you will fit in. Hours, ratings, etc.. all that is merely the way you get in the door. Once there they are looking at the individual. Tailwheel, seaplane, sailplane.. IF they invited you in, they are trying to hire you. It is up to you to botch the deal.
 
Orange Anchor said:
The hours and ratings are merely the pass that gets you in the door. Once you are invited for an interview, it is an admission the company WANTS to hire you. They are going to spend money and time to see if you will fit within the culture. That is the benchmark. IF you will fit in. Hours, ratings, etc.. all that is merely the way you get in the door. Once there they are looking at the individual. Tailwheel, seaplane, sailplane.. IF they invited you in, they are trying to hire you. It is up to you to botch the deal.
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Same thing in the computer world. Did a phone interview for a gig in Tampa with a headhunter's tech screener. Within 30 seconds he knew I know my stuff and we spent the rest of the "interview" talking shop and exchanging ideas--pleasant time.

I have a hunch its the same in aviation.

b.
 
I would think the opposite of what I'm reading here. If a guy flies once a month, I'd say he's way more likely to do something stupid than the guy who flies a few times a week.
 
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