Originally Posted by
PinkSlip
People need to WAKE UP and realize that Pinnacle is an awesome place to work. All you seasoned pilots out there with 1500 to 2000 hours need to get your application in ASAP. It's rediculous that we are having to hire non-seasoned pilots with 250 hours flight time.
No airline needs 250 hour gear swingers who have never flown through ice, snow, lightning, severe turbulence, hail storms, squall lines, hurricanes and tornadoes. Go fly through the weather in your C-152, THEN come apply if you haven't crashed and dinged up your record.
Next time I have to shoot an ILS while a fast moving squall line with embedded tornadoes are nailing the airport at night on my 6th leg after a reduced rest overnight while st elmos fire is so bad you can't see out and your hoping the hail will blow the window out so you don't have to deal with the st elmos crap AND your 250 hour gear swinger is trying to locate the gear because he's NEW, I'm going to file a grievance with ALPA........rediculous, just rediculous.
To all you 250 wonders out there wanting to work for Pinnacle, take PinkSlip's adivce. Go rent a 152, fly over to tornado alley and don't come back until you've logged at least 30 hours twister time. Remember to log your lightning strikes, take pictures of the hail damage,and don't forget to include those in your application. Reciepts for your hospital bills are also recommended for proof of experience. At Pinnacle we are constantly dodging tornadoes on final, at night, on leg 9, while little lightning bolts streak across the glass so bad that we can't see our hand in front of our face. I was told we have a flow through with the Hurricane Hunters because we're such ballers. Be serious SLIP, if thats how you feel and thats what you fly through then I think I'd rather have my family on a plane with the 250 hour wonder who wouldn't think twice about even launching into that because he's "too scared." I don't want my mom on a plane with you, unless your Chuck Yeager, Chuck Norris, or the Almighty himself, you're not making it to the airport in the conditions you described. Your post was entertaining though.