Originally Posted by saab2000

It doesn't matter. Low time is not an absolute indicator of success in the training process.

A few years ago we had quite a few folks come over from a couple of other carriers. Some of them were high-time captains and had thousands of hours in the same type of airplane. Some of them flunked out. Others had attitude problems. Still others weren't happy after a few months.

They're not looking for pilots with tens of thousands of hours. They're looking for professionals who will fit in with the corporate culture, who won't have bad attitudes, who will try hard in training, who will be competent (not perfect), who they can expect to keep for while, etc.

They're not looking for Chuck Yeager or Neil Armstrong or former 747 captains.

Keep trying. Persistence can pay off.

AWAC has good points and bad points. One of the good points is that we have a good, solid pilot group of professionals (mostly) who try to get along and do the right thing. If you think you can fit in with that keep trying. If someone thinks they are going to reinvent aviation they probably won't succeed.

Anyway.... Just because you are 'low' time doesn't mean everything. They are selective in hiring and training, but high time is not the only metric.

Just sayin'...