Air Wisconsin, Horizon, Eagle Mins
 

Other that what is posted on their websites, has anyone heard of Air Wisconsin, Horizon, and American Eagle lowering their minimums or hiring people lower than what they state? Any others out their that hire lower than 1000 other than Express Jet and Great Lakes?

ASA 600total 100multi

UND Grads have been hired at:

Horizon with 750/50
American Eagle with 500/100

Skyway, Piedmont, and many, many others that get desperate for pilots

Horizon
 

I taught basic indoctrination to a new hire at Horizon a few years back.

TT 405
SIM 115
Plane 290

He was from UND. It doesnt mean that they are better, just that the Chief Pilot went to UND as well and he hired on at Horizon with 500TT himself.

SkyHigh

I'm a Purdue grad...didn't major in flight but was in the aviation program and decided to start flying after college. Currently a SIC for a 135 operation. With 610 TT and about 315 ME, would Horizon or Eagle consider me?

Air Wisconsin would....200+ new hires from Jan to July of next year. Place sux for those of us that have been here a while, but for new people it might not be bad. And my paycheck has yet to bounce. All hiring is for attrition, and not growth. So if you want to fly 70+ seat a/c for crap pay, you better look somewhere else. DCA, ORF, PHL all CL65 fleet.

FO

hey tsuchiym, a very good buddy of mine (purdue grad) got hired with flight time like yours at Piedmont airlines. he got hired because of that "bridge program" with Piedmont at your alma mater. I think they fly dash 8's for us airways. They have bases in Salisbury, MD and word on the street is that they might open up a base in PHX because of the AWA and US Airways merger. Good luck.

Is that what used to be old man Henson's Commuter? Used to be called Henson Airways.....flew shorts 330s, Dash7s & 8s????

Yes, it used to be Hensen's operation flying Beech 99's and short 3-30 aircraft in 1977.

Airchristyle,

I put in my resume to Piedmont a while back and haven't heard a thing. I know they like to hire more of the flight majors rather than Administration majors. I heard also American Eagle has a similar bridge program, but only with again, the flight majors.

Sky High,

I know Horizon likes to hire UND grads, but have you heard of them hiring Purdue grads at the same mins?

What were your hours when you got picked up for 135 operations?

All I needed was a CMEL Intrument Rating. I had about 260 TT and about 40 ME.

Really... that sounds like a right seat pay to play program with those hours. I've got that time doubled up plus some and I haven't been able to get a call from any of the right seat 135 jobs I've applied at. I was told it's coming up on the "slow season" by one chief pilot, so maybe my timing is bad. I've just started applying in the last month or so. I know you can't pm yet but I'd like to know where this is if you don't mind posting it.

Not necessarily. I started in a right-seat gig that paid $25/duty hour with 250TT/15ME. In that scene it is all about knowing someone. I just happened to work line for a place that had a 135 operation and got to know everybody that way. After I got my multi, I had a cold seat waiting for me. Now I'm a captain at the same place that gave me my start. It is definitely the slow season though. I haven't flown in about a week and a half, and I won't fly until at least the 5th of January. For our company, business will pick up about the 3rd week of January. I make an assumption that other 135's are similar in their lull.

This is true as long as you have some type of Advanced Sim experience with FMS, Glass Panel, etc.

Not according to their web site. Min's with those qualification are 500 TT 50 ME.

http://www.flyasa.com/careers/pilot.php

One of the reasons is that an Alaska IP is the Dean of the UND extension program in GEG.

Man they must have changed them not too long ago. This is from the website

Minimum Requirements:
800 hours total time
50 hours multi-engine time
Recency of flight experience will be considered
Current FAA Class 1 Medical Certificate
Vision corrected to 20/20
Well groomed and able to maintain a professional appearance
FCC radio license
ATP Written Completed
Successfully pass a drug screen analysis
Legally authorized to work in the United States and have a valid passport
Undergo a criminal history records check through an FBI based fingerprint system
Extensive background and reference check
College preferred, minimum high school diploma or GED

Reduced Minimums for a select few with Advanced Jet Training:
500 hours total time
50 hours multi-engine time
Advanced Jet Training includes:
Level C/D Jet Simulator
Level 5/6 Jet FTD
FMS Training
Glass Cockpit
Crew Resource Management (CRM) Training
Accelerated Jet Ground School

Licenses:
Commercial
Instrument

Multi-engine (not restricted to centerline thrust)
CFI, CFII, MEI and ATP preferred

When they say "Advanced Jet Training includes:"
Do they mean that you have to have all of those or some of them?? I have a lot of Glass time but not any jet time, or FMS experience.