Originally Posted by
rickt86
Are you guys sure flight times are the golden rod? RJs are slowly becoming as large as narrow body airplanes (which I am not in favor of). Some start ups and LCCs hire Fos at around 2500-3000 hours for 737s and A320s with no problems.
Even Atlas and Miami air hire 2000-3000 pilots for 747s and 737s.
Just making a bit of debate, but after about 3000 hours does it really matter, esp in today's career path (ie RJs).
This post is a question, not a comment of my opinion.
I think commuter guys make great candidates (not that anyone is asking my opinion)
It's obviously a lot easier to get hired at a regional than it is at a major, and some guys simply won't make the transition. We've had a few guys come over to UAL who keep saying "yeah....I was an RJ Captain, I know what I'm doing". Some of these dudes were great, some of them were really weak.
Humility and willingness to learn will be really important to any newhires. The most junior F/O's at legacy UAL have about 15,000 hours and have been flying for over 25 years. We won't be too impressed with a 25 year old RJ Captain who thinks he's "all that".