Joining regional at 39
11-25-2019 | 06:21 AM
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Joining regional at 39
I’m a foreign national flying 737NG outside US and I have green card which allows me to work in the states.
Up to what level of job would I end up with If I join a US regional at 39? Will I be able to fly shiny long haul jet before retirement as captain?
I heard flying Boeing/Airbus needs a lot of experience in US, not like many other countries where 300 hours low time pilots can be 737/320 first officers.
Since my employer is lcc with 737s only, I will have to find a job in asia or middle east to fly bigger airplanes. So these are my options;
1. Joining other major airlines in asia or middle east as 777/787 expat pilot with less job stability I guess.
2. Joining US regional as small/mid size jet fo and building my career from there. But I don’t know what job I can achieve throughout my career.
Up to what level of job would I end up with If I join a US regional at 39? Will I be able to fly shiny long haul jet before retirement as captain?
I heard flying Boeing/Airbus needs a lot of experience in US, not like many other countries where 300 hours low time pilots can be 737/320 first officers.
Since my employer is lcc with 737s only, I will have to find a job in asia or middle east to fly bigger airplanes. So these are my options;
1. Joining other major airlines in asia or middle east as 777/787 expat pilot with less job stability I guess.
2. Joining US regional as small/mid size jet fo and building my career from there. But I don’t know what job I can achieve throughout my career.
11-25-2019 | 08:07 AM
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That depends a lot on your whole background- How much total time, Jet PIC, instructor, TRI TRE time do you have? Another big requirement for a job at a legacy is to have a 4 year university degree. They generally look for leadership positions as well as volunteer work. If you don’t have all that, you could also just join a regional with a flow program to AA and not worry about your quals. Downside is that it might take 6-8 years. If you don’t have a college degree your best bet would be to join a LCC like Jet Blue, Spirit, Frontier or Allegiant. Even there you would be able to make way more money than any other expat widebody job anywhere in the world. Best of luck!
11-25-2019 | 08:17 AM
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Yes a green card + your experience + looming US retirements mean you have a pretty good potential opportunity, financially speaking.
You can make very good money flying narrowbodies in the US.
If you really want widebodies in the future, you'll need a US-accredited four-year degree for UA/DL/HA, or you could do an AA regional with flow.
You may or may not need to do some time at a regional anyway, depending on how total time and airline PIC you have.
You can make very good money flying narrowbodies in the US.
If you really want widebodies in the future, you'll need a US-accredited four-year degree for UA/DL/HA, or you could do an AA regional with flow.
You may or may not need to do some time at a regional anyway, depending on how total time and airline PIC you have.
11-25-2019 | 06:29 PM
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Many thanks for your inputs.
I have 2300 tt, 2000 on type and no PIC hours on 737.
I'm a first officer, so no TRE, TRI, etc, and I graduated overseas university with bachelor of economics.
It will be good enough for me if there's chance to fly wide-body for one of the legacy airlines.
Reading your posts, I think it's gonna be worthwhile trying.
Many thanks for your inputs.
I have 2300 tt, 2000 on type and no PIC hours on 737.
I'm a first officer, so no TRE, TRI, etc, and I graduated overseas university with bachelor of economics.
It will be good enough for me if there's chance to fly wide-body for one of the legacy airlines.
Reading your posts, I think it's gonna be worthwhile trying.
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