Originally Posted by
kfahmi
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In thinking about the latest wave of regional hiring, I got to thinking about the following question:
"Over the past decades, what have the average competitive requirements been for a new-hire FO at a regional airline?"
I graduated college in '94, and if I remember correctly, the regionals wanted 3000TT and 500ME as a minimum before they'd even talk to you. Ideally, 5000TT and 1000ME. Which was why I didn't take that route.
I recall in the hiring boom of '04--'07 they were taking guys with 250 hours. Then from '08--'11 almost nobody hired anyone. At least, that is my memory. And of course now everyone is hiring, but with 1500TT, 50--100ME as the min requirement.
So I'm interested...who can remember, as far back as possible, how the hiring minima have changed at the regionals over the years?
You got it. When hiring did pick up again in 2010 and 11, mins were in the 2000/200ME range but gradually fell off to 1000/100 then 500/50. However, leading up to August 2nd 2013 (ATP regs), airlines had to increase their mins again so they didnt hire a whole bunch of people who turned into pumpkins on the 2nd (there were a few cases).
But also remember there was a time when people had to pay for their training at the airlines. What a entitlement era we live in nowadays.