Originally Posted by
mmaviator
why do pilots do that stupid CRJ course. If you want to pay for an airline type rating, go for a basic 737 type for 5k ish. This WILL help you if you want to go to SWA in your future. You might as will get some use out of that CRJ certificate and burn it in a oil drum for some heat or to cook some ramen noodles.
Thanks for relieving yourself on my efforts, if you dont have anything helpful to say please refrane from saying anything at all.
(had to make the post PG-13 for the admins so it didnt get edited again)
We pay for the CRJ course because most regional websites say that reduced minimums will be considered if you have the course. and american eagle has sent guys as recently as the last hiring boom at AEs expense to ATPs CRJ course to get them ready for the initial training
You can say its useless but i would disagree,
I do have connections at PSA and someone high up on the hiring board said that with the CRJ course and 500 TT i would have a good chance of being competitive enough for the job...This post was for your opinions on what the hiring minimums were.
I do plan on instructing but in this economy im lucky to get 10 hours a week and if hiring starts big in august i wont have enough hours. I still have some money aside for that last push if i need it so the c172 block time at 80 bucks an hour wet is way cheaper and more appealing to me since i dont need much more multi.
So again please give me opinions on what the mins will be a few months into the hiring streak, save the opinions on my CRJ course i already have it and those who i have talked to in higher positions say that it will help alot.