Originally Posted by
aeroengineer
I was talking to someone at a local university flight school and they have a full roster with something like 150 on the waiting list. I've also looked at BIZJETJOBS and just for instance they're showing a bunch of single engine turboprop jobs (like the PC-12) wanting 2000 PIC which if that's indicative of the industry as a whole some could be in for a rude awakening.
Yeah I’ve checked out those job boards before and from my experience they just put that number there and then hire lower or most even just end up hiring internally or through word of mouth. Conversely, we were discussing the 121 environment and quite frankly 1500 isn’t that hard to get to. Sure, you may not be hired to time build in a jet or turboprop unless you know someone or are in the military, but most build their hours until 500 TT instructing since that’s the minimum most insurance companies require elsewhere.
I’d say in today’s environment, lots of Part 91 and 135 operators will be hiring at lower time minimums due to the decrease in the pool of available pilots who are heading for the regionals if not there already. The amount of call backs I received from places I applied to early last year and summer prior to the regionals was shocking