Originally Posted by
asims33
Ok so before i get torched with the flamers. I do know this subject has came up.
Circumstances have changed in my opinion though so i would like some feed back.
With AWAC, American Eagle, and Delta all either hiring or announcing future hiring very soon, One would think that all the higher time furloughed guys will be sucked up by them. Leaving the late blooming regionals for the lower time pilots when they actually follow suit and start hiring as well. My question is what do you guys think will be a competitive amount of hours for an FO at these airlines, with congress about to make hiring people pretty difficult is it safe to say airlines will lower minimums to grab as many as possible before the bill is passed? Or will the time requirements stay up around 1000 TT and 200 Multi?
Im sitting at 400 hours with 140 hours multi working on CFII and MEI right now, I also have the CRJ cource from ATP to make be a bit more competitive.
My final question is, With someone walking my resume in, would i be wise to build to 500 total hours buying a block time of a C-172, would i be competitive at that point, with a CRJ course 500 TT and 140 Multi?
Flame away
try to be helpful though i need some advice.
Your times won't be competitive when hiring first resumes. There are a lot of people who have been either furloughed or stuck instruction for a few years who, in my estimation, will probably receive interviews before you. While it might be true that it wasn't worth paying for the CRJ course, it has already happened, so now that you have it, it WILL help a little, but not as much as your probably deserve for how much you paid for it.
Keep on building time, you'll get there quick enough. If you weren't to fly at all until you got hired, I would imagine your times would not be immediately be thrown out of the pile in about two years. Depending on what Congress does with the ATP stuff.