Originally Posted by JUG47
Have spoken to several guys who had ATP mins when they applied last year and got no call while we saw peeps with 600-1000 getting on board left right and centre. Nothing against those guys with lower time, but why do you now want people with higher time when many of us were ignored even after some of us had capt's walk in resume's?
What gives Colgan!!!
Rick's right. Also...it's a year later. Things have changed. Last year we could get all the 1200 - 1500 hour candidates we wanted. And you do want a mix of high and low time guys to stretch training dollars. However, now, we're scrapping the bottom of the barrel. With AE and XJT hiring every 500 hr guy in sight, very few candidates are left...we're putting people in the right seat we would have never considered a year ago.
Higher time is not necessarily better. At any level. Too much time can be just as bad as not enough. And it's more than just times. Attitude, life experience, background, demeanor, presentation, recommendations all mean just as much, if not more. SWA is a case in point. Their mean hire has just 1800 hours turbine PIC.