Originally Posted by
Treehorn
I doubt they are stuck there. They may not be getting hired now but hiring has only begun to ramp up at the majors. To say they will never get hired, if they are in fact trying to leave,is a huge leap.
They'll get hired but they'd probably have been hired sooner with PIC time. If you're about to upgrade at a commuter you're crazy to come to Atlas right now and make 55 to 60 cents on the dollar of a major. The first 4 months you make what you were making on first year commuter pay. Why not just stay put add PIC to the resume and only change jobs once?
Of the people hired by majors in my squadron only 1 guy was hired with zero PIC in the last 15 years (UPS didn't realize in the interview that he had zero PIC). The rest were instructors and evaluators with one exception. One guy isn't an aircraft commander but has 1000 hours PIC at his former regional. I get it that some people get lucky but in the mean time build a strong resume.