APPLY APPLY APPLY, and maybe things will turn out the way you want. If you don't apply, you can't possibly get hired.This is what I've read numerous times on this site: Keep building your hours now and when the industry is looking better and carriers are hiring, you'll be more than ready.
:yeahthat::yeahthat::yeahthat:This thread made sense in Spring of 2007.
Do you have a good flight instructing gig you could hook him up with?Thinking about putting any work in as a flight instructor before seeking employment at a 121 operation?
Sure, they're out there. . .might required relocating, of which he is clearly willing to do since he wants to work for a regional.Do you have a good flight instructing gig you could hook him up with?
Sweet. And definitely true about the current market. It's crazy how fast things can swing in this industry. It's like night and day.Sure, they're out there. . .might required relocating, of which he is clearly willing to do since he wants to work for a regional.
Most importantly, the job market isn't so friendly to 250/190 hour wonders anymore - hate to be honest, but that's just the way it is.
The simple answer to the question is to apply when you meet the listed requirements for the job. If their minimums are 500 hours and 100 hours multiengine, you can apply when you have that. No point in applying for a job you are not qualified for.Currently working towards my CSEL/CMEL ratings and was wondering if it would be wise to apply to the regionals after getting the ratings, even though I will not be at minimums. Or should I wait until I get to the mins to apply?
I knew a Check airman at a regional that had a massive heart attack in the airport terminal and was less than an hour from letting a guy on his second day of flying a jet, fly it single pilot.That said, consider this: Do you really think, at CPL minimums, you are ready to assume command of a 50,000 pound jet with 50 souls on board, in bad weather, with mechanical problems, and an incapacitated Captain? It could happen. It's happened before.
That's why Delta had a policy of assigning a qualified FO to all newhire IOE flights, until the LCA felt that the noob could handle it themselves. That however, was one of the programs cut in the name of frugality.I knew a Check airman at a regional that had a massive heart attack in the airport terminal and was less than an hour from letting a guy on his second day of flying a jet, fly it single pilot.