Originally Posted by
Daniel Larusso
I thnk the discussion has had many fronts, my comments were in relation to the questions about why major airlines typically have minimums that are around what a lot of regionals have. The implication seemed to be that it was primarily to allow them to hire people from certain demographics. While that may ultimately occur, I was just pointing out that biggest reason the mins have been like that for years has to do with the biggest demographic major airlines have targeted over the years, military pilots.
True, however, the reason that UAL did the drop to 350 FW PIC TT minimum WASN'T to accommodate military pilots. One would have to be slightly naive to think that. Otherwise, EVERY other legacy would have followed suit.
To take it to an extreme, say that for whatever reason (budget cuts, whatever) the average tactical jet pilot would come off 10 years with 6-700 TT. You could bet that DAL would have been the first to drop their mins.
Originally Posted by
Daniel Larusso
Civilians have never been hired in great numbers until the last 10-12 years when the available pool of mil guys began to shrink.
Late 90's most Legacy newhire classes trended toward the average of a 50-50 mix. Again, average. Closer to 15 years.