Originally Posted by Casualinterest

Like someone else said. Minimums are only there so that if John Glenn shows up to interview but only has 1000 hours turbine they can hire him. I have never once seen am FO go straight to Delta without ex mil.

I know 2 FO's that have gone to ual straight, but one had family at the director level and one was a former intern.

Competitive minimums are key. 4 year aviation degree, Board of directors at a non profit. 1000 hours 121 turbine pic. Recruiter. 4000 TT. And my friend JUST started getting called.

To say you "don't care about qol' is really really short sighted. My guess is that 75% of airline pilots have a story about how they didn't expect to be at the regional level as long as they did. Speed bumps happen. Hell, I'm mid 30's and have seen 3 falls off the aviation industry. 2 of them added years onto my journey to the majors..... It wasn't that long ago that you "chose" whichever regional God saw fit to call you. At a minimum you need to think smart. Which regional would you want to be stuck at if the music stopped. Or at a minimum, if it took you an extra 3-5 years to get where you're going.

Planning for the best case scenario is a young man's game, and it's a losing one. I know.