Is the PIC requirement a thing of the past?
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Is the PIC requirement a thing of the past?
Seems like a lot of the Majors have dropped the PIC requirement. Delta dropped theirs, USAir, Spirit, Virgin.
The age old advice of "Just go to a regional, get your PIC, and get out" seems like it's become outdated. Looks like we can advice new people to the industry to go a a regional that has good pay and benefits, just build their time in the right seat, then get out.
The age old advice of "Just go to a regional, get your PIC, and get out" seems like it's become outdated. Looks like we can advice new people to the industry to go a a regional that has good pay and benefits, just build their time in the right seat, then get out.
#3
The reason the mins are so low for many places has to do with getting the chief pilot's son, interns, etc in the front door faster than some who have slogged it out at the regionals for a decade to get 1000 TPIC.
If you arent one of the above then you better get 1000 TPIC if you plan on getting hired at the beginning of a hiring wave. Zero PIC candidates will become furlough fodder when they are hired at the end of the wave.
If you arent one of the above then you better get 1000 TPIC if you plan on getting hired at the beginning of a hiring wave. Zero PIC candidates will become furlough fodder when they are hired at the end of the wave.
#5
The reason the mins are so low for many places has to do with getting the chief pilot's son, interns, etc in the front door faster than some who have slogged it out at the regionals for a decade to get 1000 TPIC.
If you arent one of the above then you better get 1000 TPIC if you plan on getting hired at the beginning of a hiring wave. Zero PIC candidates will become furlough fodder when they are hired at the end of the wave.
If you arent one of the above then you better get 1000 TPIC if you plan on getting hired at the beginning of a hiring wave. Zero PIC candidates will become furlough fodder when they are hired at the end of the wave.
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That's a given and never been in dispute. Hence the conversion factors, etc.
#8
But we can't give someone with 7000 hours in the right seat at Comair or Horizon a "shot" right?....Bull$hit.
If you couldn't get your PIC time before fulfilling your obligation in the military, tough. Go to a regional like everyone else and pay your dues. Someone flying for a brand should have a path to that brand before a military pilot, especially one without PIC time.
#10
But we can't give someone with 7000 hours in the right seat at Comair or Horizon a "shot" right?....Bull$hit.
If you couldn't get your PIC time before fulfilling your obligation in the military, tough. Go to a regional like everyone else and pay your dues. Someone flying for a brand should have a path to that brand before a military pilot, especially one without PIC time.
If you couldn't get your PIC time before fulfilling your obligation in the military, tough. Go to a regional like everyone else and pay your dues. Someone flying for a brand should have a path to that brand before a military pilot, especially one without PIC time.
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