Originally Posted by
laxislife
I'm just going into flight school next month but I just had a few questions about transferring. Say after you finish flight school you work as instructor and get say 1200 TT and you apply to delta and get the job, you work for them for a few years and accumulate say...5-6 thousand hours, and then wanted to work for a different airline after that and the requirements to make captain was 6000 hours and you had it, could you apply directly for captain with that company? Ive heard some people say you would have to start again as a first year F/O. Any help on this would be appreciated thanks alot.
By reading your post, I get the idea that you are a young man, probably in your late teens. I would like to offer this advice. Don`t plan for a career as an air line pilot. I spent 30 years in that profession, my son is an air line pilot also. This career will be a disapointment for you. Youy will work for years for slave wages, probably be furloughed a couple of times and more than likely spend a lot of days commuting to and from your job. Do something else, and fly a Cessna for pleasure on the weekends.