Originally Posted by
A320fan
Ok, I can't keep my mouth shut anymore. Before I say this, I want anyone who responds to this to know that:
-Yes, I am only in flight training.
-I acknowledge that I don't know exactly how the 121 world works, and there's only one way for me to learn.
-I have nothing but respect for the guys who already did it, everyone on furlough, everyone who's a CFI, and think that yes, they should get hired first.
Now.....what I gather from this thread is that if you have any desire to make it to anything ran by the numbers 1, 2, and 1, your "time" flying 172's and Seminoles is absolutely worthless, even as a CFI. To get hired by a 121 carrier of any kind, you need 121 experience, and to get 121 experience, you need to get hired by a 121 carrier, no exceptions. It almost seems that unless you already made it through a 121 training program, you have less than no chance at coming close to this scene. My little time flying "airplane" (172's) will do nothing more than allow me to be a career CFI, and take on all the disrespect that comes with it. How much of this is accurate? I have no intention to offend anyone here, I just want to know the facts.
I could see how you think it's a catch-22 but, what the real debate is not that the experienced CFI is not qualified to get hired by a regional, but rather that the furloughed 121 guy is
BETTER qualified for that position. You have to remember that HR makes a lot of these hiring decisions. It just simply makes sense that the 121 guy has been there before and gotten through the training and can do it again. I'm all for giving CFIs and experienced piston guys a chance but someone that is unable to make it through training costs the company money and its their job to select candidates that have the lowest risk of costing the company additional money.