Originally Posted by Inverted
What's going on with their hiring now? What minimums are they actually hiring at? What aircraft and bases are they hiring into? Would a pilot with 2500TT, 250ME, and an A&P stand a chance at all?
New hire classes will apparently continue through the end of the year, probably one class of 8-14 per 5-week bid. The minimums vary with type of experience. CFI only will require more time; 121 experience gets you in with less time.
Hiring is into all a/c and bases, so your "choices" are PDX, SEA, DEN, with DEN being RJ only, PDX being all three a/c, and SEA being 200 (and soon to be 400). You are assigned an a/c prior to starting training (I have heard of folks asking for and receiving a different a/c, but it is rare) and you are assigned a base during training. Right now, the RJ bases are about equal seniority for FO's. PDX is junior for 200 FO's. Not clear once the 400 base in SEA opens what the seniority will be.
I would think 2500TT/250 ME would be extremely competitive.