Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
rickair7777 - It seems that many companies don't really care how much flight time you have as long as you meet the minimums. I mean other threads on the forum are rife with stories of people with crazy amounts of time not getting jobs while others who had to use conversions just to make the mins are getting hired. I've heard others say on here that once you get past a few milestones in the TT, PIC, and Turbine time that the number of hours doesn't really matter. Do you not agree with this?
USMCFLYR
I don't think with your experience you will have to list those traits. Just putting whats in your profile here will be enough to get the point across. Military ALWAYS has an advantage, especially with IP/evaluator experience. It's more like you said, the guy interviewing wants to know your personality.
Thats for the most part true. Maybe the FEW exceptions were when both FedEx and UPS had the heavy/overwater REQUIREMENT.
But yes, we all know somebody that got on at FX, UPS, SW, or what ever other desireable job with the bare minimums. Where they qualified? Sure, by that airlines definition based on their own stated minimums. Where they competitive? Probably not nearly as much as TONS of other guys in their applicant stack who sadly don't know anybody to help get their resume pushed to the top. What separated them? They had the in's to get noticed, then sold themselves in the interview.
There no pilot shortage, especially for the jobs everybody wants.