Originally Posted by
John Carr
There is ONE airline, that really isn't hiring right now, that has pretty much come out and said the above. It was stated at a hub meeting where the CP and other management people had just done a rundown of what their new process looks for in apps. As well as what detracts from an app points system.
Which airline?
I know in 2006/2007, a new CA upgrade friend of mine (I was a junior FO) got hired at CAL. He said they didn't interview anyone past 6000 hours of TT, because if they hadn't gotten hired by then they were damaged goods. Made sense in a way, then age 65 and 2008 happened, and for those not able to make a move prior to that they sorta got screwed.
If you've got >3 years as CA at your commuter the BEST way to get ahead and out of there is to become a check airman. Then it seems TT doesn't matter so much, vs. the guy that has 12,000 hours of TT, 9,000 TPIC, just went to work every day. There are so many of those guys, it's really hard to differentiate yourself.