Originally Posted by
MooseAg03
Gents,
I have a feeling there will soon be quite a few guys in my same boat, so I wanted to pose this question to those who have recently made the jump to the airlines. With the Air Force now requiring ADSCs for any re-qualification or formal upgrade training, I will be separating next year without attaining IP in the C-17 (previous RPA IP).
How competitive would someone be for any of the legacy, Fed Ex, or SWA with only about 2,000 hrs total time with 1,700 of that being C-17 and somewhere between 800-1,000 C-17 PIC? Already have ATP complete. No SAFSO, DO, or any of that experience, just the standard flt/cc and shop chief jobs.
I'm thinking I may have to do a touch and go at a regional to get some 121 time to make myself more competitive, but I do recall seeing a spreadsheet with United airlines hiring data from a few years ago and one of their new hires was a mil guy who had barely over 1,500 hours.
Any info would be appreciated for myself and several bros who will be in the same situation.
You’re probably a bit on the lower side hours wise for the big three and Fedex/UPS.
You could use the GI bill for the 737NG type rating before it goes away and you’d probably be in the ballpark to get an interview with SWA.
An ACMI would probably take you immediately, and some of the LCCs would also. I’d go to any one of them before going to a regional, Unless Fedex/UPS are your #1 choice then I’d go to a regional and do the 500hr upgrade to Captain for a bit to get more competitive PIC time and try to go the LCA route or hop over to an ACMI for the 74/76 type and experience if they don’t hire you directly from an RJ.