Originally Posted by
Swedish Blender
That is not even close to the truth. Mid 90s American Eagle (Envoy) had the highest mins at 1500/300. You could get a job at Comair/ASA and a host of others (PFT) with 1200/200. I believe Mesaba was the lowest non-PFT mins at 1000tt.
that is after managements started using employee concessions to increase profitability. As they began stripping away pay and work rules, they were forced to hire continually decreasing total time applicants. When the job was worth having, it was always a much higher time and certificate than just a commercial with 250 TT, and more often than not was well above ATP mins.