Originally Posted by
BaronRouge380
typhoonpilot, thank you for you posts! Always interesting and informative.
I am about to switch from an engineering career to flying with a start date in a month.
If all goes well, I should get crj700/900 time. I am interested in Emirates, Etihad and Qatar. Do you think Crj 700/900 FO time will be considered by these airlines? Also, it is not clearly stated, but do these carriers have an age limit?
I understand your point about upgrade at Emirates, how about the others?
Thanks!
Emirates age cutoff for new hire first officers is 48 and for direct entry captains is 56. That's unofficial of course and there have been a few exceptions made for highly experienced pilots.
Emirates and Etihad will always hire pilots from B737NG and A320
or higher Boeing/Airbus types ahead of any other time. It is only when they can not find enough qualified applicants with that preferred experience that they will start looking at other experience. With Emirates and Etihad captain time is not that important, first officer time will generally suffice. That said, I can't think of very many (if any) pure CRJ first officers that have been hired. Pilots coming from that type have typically been captains previously.
Qatar is a different animal and their requirements tend to be lower than both Emirates and Etihad.
Wouldn't the addition of 150 777X affect upgrade times?
Those will mostly be replacement aircraft . When the first one arrives in 2020, the oldest B777-300ER would be 15 years old and due for replacement. If any of the RR powered -300 or 200ERs are still remaining they would definitely be due for replacement.
TP