Originally Posted by
AtlCSIP
I don't know about golden. Sometimes you just wonder why you can't get a call at all. I have just under 5000 tt (within 50 hrs), 1600 121 jet, 3300 pic (mostly piston, but a couple hundred turboprop), prior 135 single pilot, BS in engineering, but only know one guy at B6, and only flew with him once, and he doesn't remember it. I think an internal rec works better to making someone golden. I've had an app in for years.
This has already been said a few times here but I will say it again. Just like everyone has always said it's all about who you know. I had an app in for years before I met a guy that got my app pulled. I also know a few guys who are under the competitive mins that are in phase II here. They went to the job fairs and bugged JetBlue until they got an interview.
On a side note, I've never been a fan of these job fairs in general. I think they're really expensive and most going are regional FO's who can barely afford it in the first place. But $150 is a small price to pay to get an interview here. So if you don't know someone who knows someone, hit up the fairs.