Originally Posted by
chubakabrah
I thought all new hires went to the E120? That's all they ever show as hiring on their website.
Originally Posted by
FreightDogs
Hi!
We recently started a program called the Accelerated Captain Program.
We received a waiver from the FAA and can now accept Captains at 1,000TT. The catch is that the pilots have to have 50 hours with us as an FO first. So we'll bring you in as an FO in one of our BE99s until you reach 1,000TT and 50 hours as an AMF FO. As soon as you meet both requirements, we'll shift you over to left seat of the 99.
Those hours as an FO do not count towards your ATP as shoestrings1229 mentioned, but the hours as a Captain after you reach those 2 requirements do. So depending on what your TT is you are looking at 50-200 hours as an FO.
We have those positions listed as First Officer ACP.
Hope that helps!
We also hire folks as FOs in the BE1900 and SA227 in order for them to get to 1200 hours minimum then transition to left seat of the BE99. If they are really sharp, we have taken some up to 1500 hours and then upgraded them straight to the captain seat in the airplane they were an FO in. The first two pilots to do this in the metro just completed their captain check outs in the past couple of weeks and are flying the line as new captains.