Originally Posted by
Karma
Maybe in the short term but if your goal is to move on quicly then that is not true. The last time I checked who the non-previous captain new hires were at JetBlue and US Airways that got hired without having any turbine PIC time, they just happened to have experience on the same type of plane these mainline companies have. 170 and 190 are the same type, coincidence? I think not!
I personally know some Eagle and some SkyWest pilots that were hired by both JetBlue and US Airways.
There isn't anything special about being a RAH pilot. All you get is one of the worst contracts in the industry at a company that's going to have serious financial problems when it can't staff it's flying.
Those 47 AMR aircraft are going to be owned by RAH. Enjoy paying the leases on those when they are parked due to a lack of crews. Your crappy airline is headed down the Mesa chapter 11 path.