Originally Posted by
3EngineTaxi
This isn't correct. One does not get a mainline seniority number until after one flows. While waiting to flow, hundreds or thousands will get hired in ahead of you off the street.
What is the current competitive minimums for getting hired off the street? Military guys get hired pretty quick, well, after their commitment to Uncle Sam. What is that at now? Something like 8 years. Or he could go the regional route. What are those guys getting hired at? Second or third trip after their FO IOE? No, 7,000 to 8,000 hrs total time with around 4,000 of PIC. How many hours a year does the average regional pilot fly? Somewhere around 800 hrs a year. Getting that 8,000 hrs is going to take a while.