Originally Posted by
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Dare I say, I think 1000 turbine PIC or better will be competitive when hiring picks up again.
I somewhat disagree, the 1000TPIC might be the bare minimum to get looked at, but with the amount of furloughed and laid-off pilots on the street with thousands of hours of TPIC time, it'll be some time before airline will take guys with just a 1000TPIC or less or even none.
How many times have you heard a guy say "I would only leave for UPS, FedEx, or SWA"? How many are those three going to really hire in the future?
True, but I think it is going to be quite some time before these airlines start hiring again. For one, some of them still have pilots in a hiring pool.
Lots of pilots were getting called or hired by the majors in 2007 with less than 1000 turbine PIC despite everyone right after 9/11 saying that it would be ultra competitive.
Yup, but a lot of those folks are also furloughed now. I know a few guys that went to Spirit with no TPIC time.
Right, you will have that initial glut of pilots with far over 1000 PIC, but then you will have guys right at the mins that have rec letters. You also have airlines that like to have a "mix" of experience in every class. It is also important to be aware that often a buddy can not be of help to you at his airline unless you at least have the airlines published minimums and that is one argument against the "1000 PIC won't help you crowd".
Again, I do think it will be competitive, but not
as daunting as people think. If you want to be a Delta pilot someday and are currently an FO at a regional, not every single RJ captain with turbine PIC time is in line in front of you.