Originally Posted by
worksweekends
There's a newish hire guy here (late 20's) that got on with about 2500 TT, (121 time, no military), all because he beat down allegiant's door for the better part of 2 years. There's a guy in the training center hired on about 18 months ago who hadn't flown in 3 years (20+ year military career); and to top it off, system chief pilot (MG) told our systems class a few weeks back... "we know our applicants can fly airplanes, we want to make sure they are professionals and they really want to be here"... Probably a few words off in that quote, but that was the gist of it.
Long and short... overall, hours matter less than motivation to work for allegiant.
I have started to accept the fact that the numbers don't necessarily matter. I applied with 5100+ hours and 2800 TPIC. It's hard to show how much you really want to be there when you aren't even given the chance to express it. An application with a resume, and flight hours don't tell the story of who you are. I got the TBNT email the same day others with 2500 hours are being invited for interviews. I will keep trying, but in my mind, it's all luck of the draw and a process that is not as clearly defined as I had thought. Good luck to all who apply!