Originally Posted by
FLY6584
But plenty of guys hired with less.
Originally Posted by
tunes
I was hired at delta with 2100 total hours with 'other' time subtracted. ~250 was single piston civilian and just over 100 121 time...had just under 1k mil heavy pic.
Yeah, that's why it's called an average. There will
ALWAYS be less, and ALWAYS MORE.
It's like the guys that practically orgasm in their pants over "I was hired at 25 years old!!!!!!!"
Good for that guy. Coming out of the "dark decade", there's EASILY 6-7-8 hired hired in their late 30's to mid 40's for every pilot hired in their 20's. As well as their 50's. UAL hired a 61 year old. For every pure mil pilot hired with 1500-2000/mid-late 30's there's EASILY 3-4-5 with well over 3k that went a full 20 years and is mid 40's.
A friend of mine was in their mid 30's when hired at UAL, they were the "8 ball", the YOUNGEST in the class. The pure mil hires were all older than them. And for being a pure civilian background, one of the "lower time" in the class at 9k TT and 3k TPIC and only 2 type ratings. Everyone (mil and civ) had plenty of TPIC/AC time. EVERYONE was typed/qualified on at least 2 platforms. Naturally, the class before them had younger lower time pilots, as did the class after. AGAIN, it's called an "average".
The good news? The numbers published by the DAL LAX CP earlier this year show hours for new hires in all categories and all demographics dropping for 2014 vs. 2013. And for 2015 that trend will likely continue.
Originally Posted by
rickshaw
You don't need an ETD, Flow, pref interview. Be careful not to work for a regional that will restrict your ability to work at your preferred mainline carrier until the 'program' gets to your seniority number.
There's been plenty of pilots hired from said regionals that applied, and were hired outside of a flow, SSP, ETD, or whatever else it's labeled.