Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
Yeah, but not too much TT. After about 8K they don’t seem to like you.
I know pilots at the legacies who also scratch their heads about it. It seems that once you hit your 40’s as a non military FW pilot your chances drop dramatically. While there are exceptions to the age rule, they are exceptions.
The only common thread I saw in the FOs getting picked up was that they were less than 35 years old but over six years as an FO. Unless they were a targeted demographic. I saw some of those FOs picked up after 3-4 years.
The only FOs i know of that have gone right seat to right seat have: been a 121 FO for 4.5 years and had 5000+ TT, were of a specific ethnicity, or had significant TPIC already. Even pilots of the “minority gender” have been CAs for the most part believe it or not.