Originally Posted by rickair7777
1) Yes it is.
Ok bud. Whatever you say. These guys pay for their flight training (around $45k or so for the private-multi commercial) and receive a job interview in doing so. Can it be done cheaper? Yes, but that's not the argument here...they're not paying MAG for groundschool, and if they don't pass and get kicked to the curb they at least have something to show for it - they still have their commerical multi.
A traditional "PFT" operation is you show up, qualified for the job, but you must fork over $XX,XXX for the training that the employer is required to give you in 135 or 121 ops. This is not the case here. They are paid from day one at mesa. Again, this is not the argument here however.
2) MAG pilots who worked as CFI's do fine.
Would you believe that more of the CFI's wash out percentage wise than the graduates of the program?!?!?
However, there are people at Major airlines out there who resent the whole PFT concept and will not hire a PFT/ non-CFI applicant.
These people also probably resent the fact that when they were hired at a major, they had instructed for 2+ years, flown freight for 2+ years, and were finally given an interview at a "commuter" flying B99's for $10/hr. IOW, you can't please everyone, but they are certainly few and far between. They don't give a rat's @ss how you got your time when you get to a major (whenever they will hire again...).
AWA/USAir will not be hiring for a long time,
85% of the US Air EAST pilot group will retire in the next 5 years (assuming age 60 stays the same). There's a LOT of hiring coming up BTW.
The MAPD crowd will probably tell you it ain't so, but that's just wishful thinking on their part.You can make your own choice, but please be informed when you do.
Instead of jumping on the bandwagon and dissing these guys, open your eyes and you'll find that everywhere you go there are exceptions to the rule. I met a United (MAINLINE) CA a few months ago who knew the CA I was with; this guy was hired at United at the age of 21 with 1000 TT and a few hundred multi after doing an internship there thru his college (NO INSTRUCTING BTW!).