Originally Posted by
Drofdeb
From my sources, they have not hired anyone (maybe a few ??) without an Airbus(/Boeing??) type and 500 hours in type, in the last 5 years. I do know they hired a lot of RJ drivers, FOs and captains in 2008.
I know most of the pilots on the seniority list from 2008, perhaps they had experience on an RJ at one time or another, but other than cadets I only know of one or two that were hired non typed rated at that time. It definitely wasn't "a lot".