Originally Posted by
Chrisw
Ya why would anyone want to work at silver. All of us that are new to the industry with unimpressive resumes should consider other options. Lets see here... What would make an ideal company to start my career with? An airline that will hire us with our low time. An airline that is expanding which gives a little job security. A bonus would be an airline that currently offers upgrade slots to anyone that has their 1500 hours. Another bonus for me would be to be 30% of the way up the seniority list by the time I am done with IOE. An airline that has Florida bases would be great. Who am I kidding, there isn't a place with all of these things that I am looking for in an employer. Maybe I should just give up and troll the forums instead by going to threads that are for companies I don't work at or know anything about. None of those making negative comments would ever have gone to work for a company like silver when they were in our shoes. I am sure that within the next 90 minutes or so someone with an extensive resume will quote me and tear me apart for one reason or another due to my lack of experience in the industry but all you do is justify my somewhat sarcastic points. if I am to be more experienced or knowledgeable I need a job flying airplanes.
There are a lot of people in this industry that have an uncertain future at their current carrier or are already facing furloughs. Why cant we support those facing hardship instead of coming here to complain about something solely for the enjoyment of ****ing people off like some kind of genital measuring contest?
I'm low-time too. About 400/110. I interviewed and was hired then turned down the March class. I had similar thoughts when I was applying, but Silver was my absolute last option.
The reasons that you listed for going there, while certainly a possibility, are exactly that. A possibility. If you go in with low-time, it'll be 1.5-2 years before you had upgrade mins. Who knows what will be happening there at that time. Florida bases? Senior. Job security? How about banking on EAS flying, that the government is trying to get rid of? Seems like declining job security. 30% up the list after IOE. 30% isn't much when there are 200 pilots on property.
I'm not knocking Silver or the guys there, but that's the resolution I came to when I decided against it. Not to mention that with 400 hours and about a quarter of solid IFR time, I wasn't too keen on jumping into a 1900 with folks in the back. YMMV.
Our resumes are probably pretty similar, and I'm not tearing your post apart. Just offering a little different perspective. Apply and if get the job! Then you can make the decision and I hope it works out for everyone! I really do.
Cheers!