Originally Posted by
Shoot First
Yep, this is a great job and you will love it. With your experience you wouldn't be hired as an FO. Hiring mins are based on the contract that is being worked and if you have the numbers then you're hired as a Captain. I wouldn't limit myself to L3. Are they a good company? Sure, but for now you might want to get in the industry with anybody and move when it's convenient.
I spoke with a senior guy at MAG a year ago and they said they were having a difficult time getting the pilots with a security clearance. The solution was to start the security clearance and after waiting the six months or however long it took and then get the person into training. So its certainly doable. Just start now.
Also I had a person write to me out of the blue on LinkedIn and ask me how to get hired at my company. So I told him. You might try the same thing and see how it works. Can't hurt.
Hahaha, thanks.. I was thinking that they'd bring me in as Capt, but without the turbine time, I was going to take the conservative route and go for FO.
LinkedIn, huh? I'm kinda behind the times.. guess I should build up a profile!
I think my biggest hurdle is convincing my family. I'm jumping into a jet jockey job close to home and plan to use the time to secretly convince them that the contracts are not a bad thing (I have plans... covert plans!). I'm thinking I'll try to start getting the ball rolling in about 6 months so that if all goes well, I'll be ready for training just as I finish up any contract at this place. Plus it'll give me a nice bit of turbine time, which definitely can't hurt my resume!!
Looks like I'm going to have to get more info on MAG.. I've seen them mentioned quite a bit in recent pages, but they're not familiar to me. In the past, I've looked into Dynamic, Avenge, DynCorp, AAR, and gotten a little bit of info on Berry (waaaaay outta my league!). Dynamic is a fallback I had been considering, but it sounds like MAG is a better deal from what I've seen.