Originally Posted by
rickair7777
By US standards your time is low, and if you don't have TPIC it's lower still.
Being foriegn will not hinder you, but typical civilians needs 6K-8K+ and at least 2k TPIC to really be on the radar of the good majors. It's possible to get called with much less, even less than what you have, but nobody knows what it takes to get called with low time. I suspect they might do it randomly, just to string along junior regional pilots, keeping their hope alive.
You could most likely get called by ULCC's in the US with your current experience (especially a bus operator).
Going to a regional would probably make you more competitive, sooner, but only you can decide if it's worth it. FYSA, there were several foriegn airline captains in my legacy new hire class.
First off all I would like to thank all of you for your input,
Currently I’m under commuting contract with FlyNas I commute back and forth to the states to see my fiancée. I work 20on/10off and sometimes 20on/20off and I make an avg of 15k USD a month tax free!! 17k if I work aggressively. I understand that money is not everything and it’s the QOL that I’m seeking. The truth should be said; it would really suck for me to work for a regional especially when I think about how much $$$ I used to make. I understand that I don’t have any pic time but I also heared that DL hired regional FOs with no time on the left seat at all, in fact they only did regional for 2-3 years. “Heared it from a compass recruiter”
Now, if stick with my airline and build another 3000 hours which would get me 6k hours total, would that make me more competitive? I might be able to jumb left seat after passing 5k hours.
I’m really surprised that legacy carriers doesn’t really care if an applicant have 3000+ hours on the same equipment they operate.
Aviation rules in Saudi is FAA in fact all the airlines trains their pilots in the states.