Originally Posted by
FaceBiter
You guys are starting to sound like AMFlight people, "All I need is 1,000 PIC and I'm off to Delta". Let me know how that works out.
PIC is important, but.... You really think the guys with horrendous backgrounds hired over the phone who busted their way online will be going to any major regardless of how much time they have?
All Mesa has done in the last year is hire a ton of regional lifers.
Having gotten to know several Mesa pilots over the last few months that have recently been hired I can tell you that you couldn't be further from reality. The manner in which one gets hired is not indicative of the person's resume or experience. The regional industry has become cut throat with majors fishing with crap CPA's. Combine that with the new FAR's for pilot time and certificates and you have a very shallow pool.
Oh and those major jobs you speak of, just looking at our most recent Flight Ops Update at UAL, we will need to hire 769 pilots this year with 450 of those between January and June. In fact, the month of May will bring in 130 new hires alone. I believe DAL's numbers are higher. The Military pool is also drying up according to some of our recruiters so that leaves a majority coming from the regionals.
With all that said, I would much rather help a union carrier brother or sister get on than someone from a non-union carrier, and I know several other UAL pilots who feel the same way. Sure folks from Skywest will get hired, and maybe some of the older Mesa pilots have some serious background issues that makes them a lifer, but the new batch coming in to Mesa have solid backgrounds and will have no problem getting hired.
Now keep on troll'in little guy.....