Originally Posted by
captscott26
Nothing against any of those furloughed folks you were referring to, but I can tell you that in the past we have had enough t-prop guys fail out of class that it has caused the hiring folks to be wary of anyone that doesnt have at least some experience with glass/fms. I dont agree with it, but I do believe that is the reason for it.
Hey Captscott,
I have a TON of friends from 135 Yip - SDF days and a ton of friends from KHA that all went to Spirit.. Virtually none of them had glass time, but all had PIC turbojet and lots of experience..
When I heard the recruiters at the job fair telling people that, I felt like saying, "Well, you didn't have glass time when YOU got on there.."
My point here is that there are many more qualified pilots on the street that need jobs more than the 8 whiz kids from Riddle (No matter how good they are), who may still have the benefit of Student loans and may still have parental support.
We pilots need to press our training departments to do preferential hiring for furloughees like Atlas, Polar, NetJets, and others have. We really need to stick together in these tough times. The Riddle guys will have plenty of chances to work a normal career progression, helping them gain flight time and experience, without hurting more qualified fellow pilots that are currently unemployed.
In Unity,
B727DRVR