Originally Posted by
FlyJD
Hello,
I have recently submitted my application for FO, but recently got an email stating "unable to provide you with the offer for employment at this time". I was wondering if you suppose it's possible it would have to be due to FO overstaffing at this time. I am actually eligible for DEC since I have logged over 2600 hours in 121 time as an FO through Expressjet and recently Republic Airways. I suppose I could give that a try. Just afraid of encountering any 121 failures at the moment.
Have you ever been a captain before?
It's a lot easier to be a direct-entry captain if you have experience as captain. If you've never been a captain, it's less easy to go to a different company and enter as a captain in a system and culture where you've never served. This is especially true ifs a different aircraft, but also true if you have experience in type.