headchief

Overqualified. I have almost the same quads plus a degree with a chief pilot background, check airman letter and 4 internal Rec, no calls over the years.

UNK7

Same story for me. Every system has it's faults. Just gotta keep as many pots in the fire as possible and hope one boils.

Good luck.

amcflyboy

Unfortunately, the management here at Jetblue wants people that are "trainable." Someone who can still drink from the punch bowl and throw off the Union loyalists. With those times, you might be overqualified. Sorry man, keep pressing and don't give up!

Std Deviation

I had 9300TT when hired. Background in 91,91K, 135,121,142. Graduate work in psychology. My take is that lots of emphasis was placed on internal reccs and subsequent follow ups (not just writing the letter or citing a name). If you had someone strongly advocating your employment, it held a lot of weight. This was a commonality among my classmates as well.

MikeF16

I'm not sure what JB is looking for. I attended a Vets in Blue, 3k+ PIC in fighters and trainers, half of that was IP time, pretty much every square checked that can be checked in a military career, internal LoR, and they never called. I have no ties to the NE nor have I ever lived there, but I own land in FL and told the folks at Vets in Blue that I'd be happy in FLL since I already own acreage in West Palm Beach. Only potentially negative thing I can think of is I had about 30 seconds to speak with their VP of talent at Vets in Blue, and when she looked at my resume' she said something to the effect of 'so if we were to interview you, the 1st thing I'd ask is what you'd do when the legacies call'. I had assumed that was a rhetorical question based on the way she asked it and the fact that this was a job fair and NOT an interview, so I nodded but didn't answer, but in retrospect I wonder if she wanted a reply. *shrug*

I attended that particular job fair with 2 friends, one was hired by US Air in January and the other was hired by SWA shortly thereafter, and I was called by 2 legacies over the summer yet none of us were called by JB. For me (and both my friends) it worked out for the best, but I found it odd that not one of us ever got a call from JB. I thought (and still think) JB is a great airline, but I'm certainly happy where I eventually landed. Just makes me wonder exactly what JB is looking for.

Std Deviation

I live just north of Fort Worth, Texas so the "prefer applicants to live near a base" did not apply. Interesting about the military background and the legacy question. Several of those I interviewed with were turned down by B6 and are now employed by a legacy. Wondering if they're keeping stats on those that leave and correlating that with a military background? Three of my classmates have a military background - Marine helos (mostly), KC135, and can't remember the other.

Snickers

Recruiter I spoke with said the pilot recruiters don't actually get to decide what's "competitive". The computer system that accepts the applications reads everyone's apps and then spits out a number - in the last window it was around the 6000 - 6500 hours. This does not mean if you have too many or too little you wont get a call and what flowaz said seems to be in concurrence with that. MCO chief pilot said lowest he has seen guys hired with is 3,000 -3,500 hours civilian. Volunteer work, how often you update your app, LORs, post secondary education and quite a few other things are taken into consideration rather than just hours.

Thats as much as I know. If anyone finds out the secret make sure to pm a brother!!

Bloodhound

I've got 10,000+ and was asked variations of that at both interviews with JB. I possibly had a better answer the second time because I'll be in class on Thursday. I think they are concerned that applicants that they consider "highly qualified" by the legacies will jump ship at the first chance.

RockyBoy

^^^^^^

If you don't have 1000 TPIC I'd bet your chances are greater than if you have 5000 TPIC.

Bloodhound

I hear ya'. "Highly qualified" in the real world is significantly different that "highly qualified" in the world of HR augmented reality.