Originally Posted by
paidpnuts
I currently have
7200TT
4500 PIC in a E-145
a AS degree in aviation.
My question is if i go get a 73 type and have just an Associates would I still be watching my phone not ring? I am currently working toward my BS online and take around 15 hrs a semester. I desperately need to get out of my regional and only have two airlines in my sights. Obviously this window has come and gone but the next one ill have the type. Im also afraid after the AT deal they won't require the type and or will not be hiring.
Thoughts.
paidpnuts
I was just curious looking at your flight times. If you upgraded to the 145 with 2700 hours...how long had you been in the right seat? Maybe a couple years? Were you able to start at a regional with under 1000 hours? Are you a Mesa guy from the ab initio program...is that where the associates degree is from?
If thats the case, I know a bunch that eventually got to SWA. They got hired several years ago when there were many other airlines hiring at the same time. The handful that I knew all had the type rating before they interviewed, too.