Originally Posted by
Orangemx
I have no idea what most new hires come onboard with concerning experience or total times. I have heard from this forum at least, and from a friend that has talked personally with some of the pilots that said for most of the pilots it's a first job. I have also heard that its not uncommon for really low time guys such as myself to get hired. Which begs a question for me at least. How are guys able to get on with a regional?
Most of the instructors at my current job don't really have a lot of multi time. I only have 50 hrs and I'm doing better than all of the guys that aren't teaching in the twin yet. So I am assuming that it must be very similar at other schools. Am I being naïve? Are the pilots at Seaport going and renting a Seminole somewhere or do they all have the multitime before hand?
I saw guys that rented twins to get multi time for regional but I also saw alot of guys renting 172's to get the night requirements to upgrade a SeaPort for the 135 requirements and or the ATP requirement for night flight.