Originally Posted by
Swedish Blender
I would say that is your opinion. 500 hours vs 800 hours per year? Pretty sure they don’t care since a lot of pilot at UPS fly less than 400 per year.
Like yours, just my opinion
Point was to suggest that if he has a cush job and plenty of free time from low hours flown per year then he has no excuse not to have extracurriculars on his resume (union work, volunteer in community, second job, graduate degree work,etc). That is if he is ambitious enough and determined to win his dream job. It isn’t my opinion that companies prefer high achieving individuals with varied interests and involvements. My post wasn’t very clear on that, I agree.
The hours comparison was a setup for an idea I didn’t end up developing in the post - namely that I, and most in my new hire class for that matter, worked a lot AND had multiple extracurriculars beyond just line flying. And all that still didn’t get me a call from my #1 choice....