Originally Posted by
rickair7777
1. Apply to any airline you would be willing to work at whose mins you meet, you'll never get called if you don't apply.
2. Sounds like you realize that you will need more ME, 250-300 should be a safe number right now maybe less as hiring picks up.
Let me just add my 2 cents to Rick's advice.
1) Apply to ANY airline you would be willing to work. Advice I have gotten is apply anyways, even if you don't meet the mins. 99% of the time you will either not even be allowed to submit the application or get an immediate "Not enough hours" email (I've gotten both). But weirder stuff has happened. I know several people who have gotten hired at aviation jobs (135 AND 121) below the published minimums. Especially having 2000 hours, you might get looked at again. It seems a bit unfair that eagle is hiring at 800/100 and people are getting hired at those numbers. Who has more experience - the 2000 hour pilot with 50 multi engine or 800/100 (rhetoric question, no flame intended)
2) Depends on which airline. Eagle seems to be hiring people right at 100 (105, 110, 115 are numbers that stick out) while others want 200, 300 or even 500! So yeah, unfortunately multi engine hour is way more elusive than TT and I too find myself meeting the TT requirements of many airlines, but short on the ME time. Join the club.
All I am doing now is putting aside money to try buying some ME time. While my school has multi engine training, like most places, the furloughed 121 or retired military guys do the teaching in those so it's not even an option for me.