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Old 11-29-2014 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Erdude32
Hockey, 80kts & myself are all at DAL. There was a VERY small window in '03-'07 that some of us slipped through. Admittedly we are the exception & not the norm. I went from my 1st Pvt Pilot lesson to an RJ in 11 months. 9E newhire 12/04....DAL Newhire 35 months later. Varied resume', small business owner, BA, previous enlisted military, base CP.



5 years from now the above will be the norm and not the exception. Right now just TPIC won't even get you an interview. You need to stand out, MBA, CP, LCP, community volunteer, Safety Committee or something else besides just showing up for work. Blemish free background & perfect credit, no rediculous FB posts or negative nancy comments about your current or (desired) future employer. They are vetting EVERYTHING. DAL has 70 full time people who do nothing but troll the webs looking for anything to do with DAL. I'd imagine the other carriers do as well. You want to be at the forefront of the hiring wave just beginning....you need to do something to set yourself apart from the other 10,000 RJ Capts with 1000's of hrs of TPIC.

The norm? Geez I hope not! I can't afford to finish my A.S much less an MBA within the next 3 years... Guess some of us are just f'd from the start.

Makes me want to go to the "leaving the career thread" and keep planning my exit. This is becoming more of a lottery game and some of us can't keep playing and losing before life comes knocking. Oh well...


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