Originally Posted by
diva
We had a First Officer at Envoy with NO turbine PIC time who got hired at United about a year ago, then within less than a year he left United to go to AA. That perfectly shows that Upgrades and Turbine PIC time is no longer a necessity to get on with majors. Get your connections and recs and you'll be fine. If your plan is to go to AA I would say you have a better chance getting on with them being at Envoy with flow through and a closer work relationship/environment with AA.
He was also in the recruiting dept and extremely well connected. Not your average first officer who just got bogged down in the seniority list. He's also the only example everyone uses when they say "yeah man even FOs from envoy (only him)are getting hired at majors. You'll be fine!"