Originally Posted by
grahamlax
Is Eagle hiring? Or anyone? Any chance of me getting hired in the near future? I have 660TT, 330ME, 350 Dual given, CFII, MEI. I'm getting really antsy to get out of the flight instructing world and in to the airlines, any suggestions?
If the reason you want to get in the airlines is because you're "getting ansty" then you should rethink the whole situation because if at 350 hours you're getting burned out, try sitting reserve for months on end (in this industry right now possibly years), trying to commute and not having a choice to be with your family on holidays or special occations. You might start feeling more than antsy and wishing you can still make flight instructor wages and with full control over your schedule.
Originally Posted by
Mason32
I'm not sure if this is flamebait or not, but in answer to your question, I think the days of being hired with less than 1000/250 are all but gone for at least the next several years. There are so many pilots on the street right now that we are seeing heavy iron guys with tens of thousands of hours taking new hire jobs regionals... so, when hiring does resume, you will have very stiff competition for the few jobs.
Not necessarily true, there are some people in my Mesaba class that have way less than 1000/250 hours. In fact a lot less... It was explained to us today that they're not really hiring us because of the hours and a lot of other things are factored. However don't get me wrong, not too many people are hiring and Mesaba is getting more selective in their calling to interview process. They told us that they receive 200 resumes per week. I can only imagine what process they use to find applicants.