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Originally Posted by
higney85
Some asked the question- are you a ATP or Gulfstream guy? I would answer "no" and the next question was "well how much time do you have?"
It would be nice to get a new contract, or at least here fact and not fiction about the details within the contract. The majority of guys who come from ATP were instructors. I worked there for 18 months and got hired with 650/500, which isn't the highest but I don't have a problem with saying I came from there.
I dont want you to take it the wrong way. I was just passing off what was has been said to me by a few capts. I think they were refering to those who came from ATP with 250 hours. There are some of those guys- a couple were in my class. Great guys and I dont have 1 quam with em, yet I do think -industrywide- there should be higher mins for FO's- since currently its only a commercial/multi. Just my opinion. I hold nothing against someone who is in the industry or a fellow co-worker. Each person has a different path to get to the same place. There are many instructors who were at ATP, but you must admit that there is a big difference in someone just out of training with 250 hours compared to someone with even just 500 hours (after instructing for 250). Instructing, or just flying in general outside of being trained teaches you soo much. I know personally I learned the most in the time from 250 to 500 hours when I had students and had to teach things the first time and learn what students mess up on without them even realizing they were doing something wrong b/c they didnt know any better.