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Old 12-21-2006, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by dojetdriver View Post
Wow, you've "seen it all" eh? I guess we should start a thread like the Cargo guys have. Instead of "Ask Tony" it will be "Ask Ottopilot"
I was refering to the topics at hand. I've done the regional thing for a decade and now I'm at the majors (737/757/767). I've been a starving FO and starving CA. I've been in turbo-props, RJ's, and Boeings. I've seen people fail their upgrade and then get hired a month later at American. I've seen a person who ran a king air dry and land off field make it to Southwest. I've seen an F-18 Marine airshow pilot not get selected by United, while three of my instructors (I was chief instructor) got hired straight into United with less than 800 hours TT.

BTW, I only know two pilots personally that got hired at UPS. One was senior to me in the ATR and one I trained on the RJ. Both were women. I'm not stating anything by this. I simply know two people (women) that got hired by UPS. One DC-8 and one B-747. Good for them. They were good pilots.
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