Originally Posted by
krudawg
But consider a 22 yr old, who goes to work at AMF after college but DURING college she had an internship at say, United Airlines, (made some connections while interning) and all she has to do is hit the 1500hr mark and get her ATP and United will hire her. But in reality, as you said, 2yr at AMF and straight to the Majors is almost as rare as a red herring.
Internships are great but not that great. United wants to see jet time, maybe it's because I interned with the old company and most of my contacts didn't make it.