Originally Posted by
Clocks
Any person sitting on the hiring board that was a CFI will know this is true.
The CFI/dual given is not mandatory. But when you break it down, the big differentiators are probably (in no particular order):
-Total time
-Turbine PIC
-121 time
-135 time
-CFI time
-College degree
-Internal recommendations
Assuming you don't offend the people doing the interview and you can answer the basic technical questions, that's what you're going to get judged on. As hiring spools up the people with the most of those things will likely get hired first.
thanks that was very helpful. looks like I'll get the CFI and do some instructing. i expect i can get at least 100 hours of instruction in the next couple of years. As a side note, I have a Masters degree and was a former WSO (navigator) in B-1Bs with over 2,000 hours. will that hold any weight?