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Old 10-14-2010 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by RockyBoy
Carl I value your opinions on here because of the fact that you do have alot of experience and you have seen stuff many of us have not. However, a corporate, freight, or non-sched guy will be at a disadvantage to guys who have 121 jet flying in RJ's these days. I know guys who do interview prep courses and I know guys who do interviews at Delta. Both will agree with horsepilot that the quickest route to a major these days in through RJ flying. I don't know the numbers, but I'd bet less than 1% of pilots hired at majors come from places other than the military and RJ operators. I personally don't know any that came from freight or non-sched operators and I only know 1 that was prior corporate.

I have also never heard of anyone who went to fly an RJ so they could get super prepared for the military, not saying it hasn't happned, but I've certainly never heard of it.
My point is that at least that would make sense. Regionals are a good place to join with almost no experience, then build time. If you're looking to build time to join a major, that doesn't make any sense. You have to hope to be one of the very lucky to get selected to major slots that are getting fewer and further between. To build time for the other career options that I stated...makes complete sense.

Carl