I am happy and confident enough to say I will take those odds…I am in the 17-49 year old crowd which has an even higher chance of survival plus I am not over weight, don’t smoke, and have no other pre-existing conditions which further pushes me to the survivable column, oh and I got the vaccine…COVID isn’t going to disappear because we all wear mask, we have to learn to live with it and move on…again harsh for some but what’s the alternative? Live like hermits for the rest of our lives? No thanks, I’ll take the vaccine and my 99%+ chances and move on…per the CDC Heart disease and Cancer kill twice that many, EACH! on the daily in the US, have we adjusted our lives that radically for those ailments? If we did, smoking would be illegal, drinking too, fast food would be illegal, along with sugary drinks…hell most months accidents kill more people than COVID, guess we shouldn’t drive either…get that vaccine don’t get the vaccine, it’s like choosing to smoke, or drive without a seatbelt, or text while driving…most will live longer by choosing to not do those things but some will do those things and still out live the others…I don’t want to get COVID or have anyone in my family get it, but life is full of risks and I won’t let fear rule over me. The data says I (and most others) have a near 100% chance of survival, what more do you need? As far as beds full…don’t know the solution to that..I do know there is ALOT of misinformation out there so be careful what you read and interpret as fact.

maybe you should got to Australia and ask them? I saw a couple of the vids of these and it seemed like very small sections out of the stadiums doing it, not like it was 80,000+ in unison doing it….people booed Trump all the time, free speech man, it’s one of the great things about the US.

not sure how my 4 sentences caused you to write all that. Who are you trying to convince? Yourself?

He posts facts and this is your rebuttal?

he didn’t rebut anything I wrote. I feel no need to address people’s “feelings” or personal risk tolerances. Just thought it was an interesting reaction.

Hey yall,

3500TT
519 PIC/ 250 TPIC
3000 ME
Instructor at my last regional
Currently on the 76 at an ACMI
4-year degree and finishing my Masters July 2022
Lots of current and past volunteer work
Only one check ride failure (Private initial)
One internal letter of rec submitted so far

I know I'm low on the time and TPIC side, but any ideas what else I'm missing or need? I've been updating hours daily also.

I would say that looks very competitive...If you can snag some more internal recs do that. Other than that I would say it's just a waiting game, one of the big 3 will bite on you app soon so just keep the faith. I have no doubt internal recs pushed me through the door as I had nothing overly outstanding on my resume other than that. This was also 7+ years ago and I did have over 1200hrs TPIC at the time for what it's worth.

Good to hear, thanks man

I've heard some rumors that AA isn't going to be hiring from any WO with the new bonuses coming out and making WO pilots wait for the flow? Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?

Not like they would announce that publicly if they did. If WO street hires drop to zero over the next year I’ll be looking for a lawsuit.