Originally Posted by
Pancake
Many 2000 TPIC military folks are going to the regionals for various reasons. My opinion is that with the advent of third-party HR process, the K/S/T screening paradigm drastically favors 121 experience over military experience.
I'd love to be shown otherwise.
For what it's worth, I'd put stock in your assessment. However, I don't think that's the only "glitch" in the 3rd party outsourced system.
A few app windows ago, it was the question about being through a newhire/upgrade course recently. If no, better luck next time. The most recent window, it had the same question. But follow up questions if you HAVEN'T been though one that seemed to be a little more logical. Asking how many training events/courses have you completed, and the dates IIRC. So it would seem that slowwwwwwwly they may broadening the system up. If the trend keeps up, I'd venture to guess that if they ask if you have formal/mil training it would bypass or send one down a different road of questions.
Originally Posted by
Saabs
When I go to job fairs with around 5000 TT I feel under qualified. I don't think 2500 TT will cut it right now when they have more than enough applicants. With the PIC u talked about just get on with a regional and build ur flight time and I would imagine u would have a leg up over us civilians with the same flight time.
If it's all mil time, and soon to be separated or recently separated and current, IT IS QUALIFIED. Most companies do a "peer group comparison rack and stack". IOW, if it's all mil time, it's being compared to other all mil candidates. For the mil guys that go to the regional, it's usually not a flight time issue. It's usually more about getting current if they haven't flown and broadening the experience on the resume. Been beat to death in the mil section. At BOTH the companies I worked at, a mil pilot that went regional didn't last very long there when there was hiring going on at the higher levels.
For military, it's not really the time that matters as long as the mins are met, whether with or without the sortie conversion. It's being an IP/StandEval/NATOPS, etc that sets them apart from their peers in the hyper competitive environment right now.