SalehA

Do regional airline look in depth on resumes? is it a priority to have an enhanced resume? what are the main things a regional airlines look for in a candidate?

thank you

JohnBurke

What's an enhanced resume?

SeamusTheHound

Maybe it contains lotsa schitt you never did

JohnBurke

It is the trump era of alternate facts and untruthful truth. Apparently it's okay from the top down. Enhance with impunity.

SalehA

how does the airline choose the better candidate if they have similar flight time and experience?

kettlechips

Somewhat like college apps... Extracurriculars, volunteer, accomplishments. Stuff outside work life

JohnBurke

They don't. "The better candidate" is an altruistic way of looking at it; life isn't that wholesome or just. If you meet the minimums and there's a slot and it appears your warm body matches what's needed, you may get the call, or you may not, depending on how many others applies, and what their qualifications are. You may be perfectly qualified, but competitive minimums aren't about what the company requires, they're about everyone else that applied.

If the company minimums are 1,500 hours and you apply at the minimums, and everyone else has 10,000 hours, you may not be competitive. Then again, if the company is cheap, wants inexperience so you'll stick around, they may choose the low experience pilot over the higher time guys. If you've got a solid work history vs. changing jobs every six months, they may look at you more favorably; it really depends on the nature of the company, and how you fit, and where you fall in the application stack.

Despite what you may have heard about an industry pilot shortage, desirable employers have twenty thousand applications for every position that opens, and have no trouble filling them. Get qualified, get competitive, put in your application, roll the dice. You rolls the dice, you takes the chance...

FutureMajor8

How does a masters degree look in the eyes of HR?

JohnBurke

There are those who like to think that the secret to selling a house is a fancier garage door, but in the end, the buyer wants a house, not a door.

Likewise, you can dress up in all kinds of irrelevant trappings and possibly gain some minor edge, but a masters degree will not be the deciding factor in getting the job. The object is to hire a pilot.

There seems to be a mythical theory that when all else is equal, trivial factors such as a masters degree or community service will be the deciding factors, and it's not so.

In days of yore, individuals ran out to buy themselves type ratings to puff themselves up and look bigger than they were, like aviation versions of the frilly lizard. It didn't fool employers, and I knew quite a few pilots who shelled out the nose to buy themselves a type rating that had no experience behind it, which didn't get hired.

Having a masters degree is not a bad thing, but it doesn't make you a superior pilot candidate: just a pilot with a masters degree.

If your pilot qualifications are adequate enough to get the job or invited to an interview, a masters degree does not hurt, but it won't be the reason you get called for an interview, or the reason you get hired over someone else.

rickair7777

Statistics show a very high correlation between a masters and employment at the best majors.

But in this case correlation is not causation. Military officers are groomed to be future senior leaders, and will almost invariably acquire a masters on government time, government dime, or both. Since mil pilots are the preferred candidate for the bigs, statistics will show a lot of their hires have a masters.

But with that said, it IS a check box on the app, it does show that you may be more interested in learning than a pilot with an online diploma mill degree in "Aviation Life Experience", and for a civilian it is one of those things which will help you break out from the line pilot pack and get noticed. TPIC and leadership (LCA, CP, Union, Training) are more important though, so prioritize accordingly. Also multiple types are more important in most cases.