Originally Posted by freightdog

All the airlines truly care about is if you are trainable, likable (can they stand to be on a 4 day trip with you), and if you are a good fit in their corporate culture. I've heard so many pilots tell me they think they need "121 time". What does that mean? Time is time.

Where going to a regional may be beneficial is the networking aspect. For example: You fly with a certain captain for a number of months or years; they get hired onto a major that you want to also go to; they recommend you and you get an interview. That's where being at an airline with a larger pilots group (contacts) can be beneficial over somewhere like AMF with only on average 120 pilots at any one time. Some airlines may see you as a lower risk trainee if you have "jet time" or "FMS time" rather than someone with only turboprop "steam gauge" time. Honestly, it's all how about you present yourself in the interview and the confidence that you project onto your interviewers convincing them that if they hire you that you will get through their training and IOE.

Coming from personal experience there are currently myself and another AMF guy in the hiring pool over at Allegiant waiting on a class date. We were the only 135 turboprop guys that I can remember being interviewed and getting the offer of employment. We were not asked a single technical question on the interviews and it was all personal interaction with HR and line captains. The simulator evaluation was the most technical we got during the entire day.