Originally Posted by
sixfootglass
Gotcha. I figured that was the case, otherwise everyone would be leaving and going somewhere better.
Here are the NetJet minimums as per their website:
To qualify as a NetJets Aviation, Inc. (Citation, Hawker, Falcon, Gulfstream 200, Boeing aircraft) pilot candidate you must have the following prerequisites:
- Airline Transport Pilot Certificate (Multi-Engine Land)
- Current FAA First Class Medical certificate
- 2500 hours total pilot time
- 500 hours fixed wing multi-engine time
- 250 hours instrument time (actual or simulated in flight - excludes simulator time)
I even looked up hiring minimums for a major airline (Delta) and saw that no PIC time was required (just 1,000 hours of fixed wing turboprop or turbofan time). The page did say this:
When evaluating the flight time of applicants meeting the basic qualifications, consideration will be given to, among other things, quality, quantity, recency, and verifiability of training; complexity of aircraft flown; types of flight operations; and hours flown as PIC in turbine powered aircraft.
Is PIC time an unsaid minimum, or is it possible to get hired with a major, or with someone such as NetJets with no turbine PIC?
If you meet the listed mins you can get hired, just not likely. If you are walking in w/o TPIC you better have something else to make up for it like a letter of rec from the Chief Pilot or dating the CEO's daughter.
Also remember these are minimums, as it at least this. We on the regional level get used to looking at listed mins and what you need to get hired and as soon as you get the mins you will get hired due to the shortage at the regional level. The Majors and Fractional are not at that level of desperation yet and with 65 going through it may not be that way for a while.