Originally Posted by
Sniper
I said "likely" for just this reason. Most pilot applicants at Spirit without turbine PIC are 'likely' regional FO's with no command time. A few are pilots with significant crew command time, just none of it in turbines - such as DC-3 drivers.
I'm sorry for the thread hijack. I just think that those Spirit pilots who did get hired at Spirit without any previous crew command time should realize how lucky they are, not see themselves and their career prior to Spirit as the ideal and/or typical experience for an applicant for FO of an Airbus.
I agree with some of your reply. A few are lucky, yes.
Progression has a lot to do with the pilot market. Sometimes getting hiring into a Bus with only few thousand TT is the norm which would make it typical, but not in todays times I would agree. In several places overseas it has been the norm to hire drivers with much less! Training is the key.
I think whoever gets hired should feel lucky no what their TT or background is. Nobody deserves it any more than the next guy. Luck of the draw is how it works in this game.
As a current Jet, T-Prop and piston driver, I can say that turbine PIC is overrated. Going from a piston to large jet was the norm no that long ago.
And Sniper, I am not trying to bust anyones b@lls, just typing an opinion.