I think the May PDT class has guys ranging from 400-1,800 hours.

No internal recs but I do have a few letters on the dispatch side and a few from pals at a certain major carrier that has been in the news lately.

I also got 12 hours on the 757/767 and basically passed ones of said major carrier's LOFTs. I say "basically" because I didn't trim out the plane very well after takeoff before I put "otto" on and the FCCs didn't like my effort and started a slight descent while on the SID for a few seconds. Check pilot told me it would still have been a pass with a note for addition training on trim/FCC if I was on the line. Rest of the session(s) were good.

Will that have any positive influence, other then the letter I got from it?

What does "basically passed" mean? Were you employed there, or did you pull a Doug Masters from Iron Eagle? :cool:

And if you hadn't "passed" training entirely, you would not have been on IOE. So how do you have the hours. I know there are ways to have random hours on big jets, but they would not be for an air carrier with the way you describe that story. So are your hours in the actual airplane (if so, how?), or are they in a level C/D sim, in which case they are not hours toward your Total Time, they are just hours in the sim column in your logbook...

So you got the job at PDT, congrats, you've gotten your ticket to the "your life, hopes, dreams and desires mean nothing anymore" show. :(

:) Great reference.

It was an FAA test and in a LVL-D sim. I was not typed in the airplane nor employed by said airline. So "basically passed" per what the check airman told me :)

It is in my log book as sim and that is that. However, just wondered if it means squat to any operation who doesn't operate the type.

Jesus, I really hope you weren't hired here... The FAA doesn't just sort of give people checkrides and "basically pass" you. You were either mistaken about what happened or you're a liar. Either way, you should not be flying for an airline.

Based on? It was part of an ordeal I had to go through a few years ago with the FAA. This was nothing official but it did help answer some of the questions they were asking about me. Personally want to leave it at that and not divulge anything more.

All I did was ask if this time really matters. Plain and simple question, with a plain and simple answer. Not a comment about "never flying for an airline." I could have worded it a different way but I didn't and for that I apologize if it sounds bad. Just a question and nothing more.......

Thanks to everyone else who provided tangible responses!

With all that experience and the fact that you've had cfi's tell you you "fly a good stick" you should have your pick of any major airline. Don't waste your time at piedmont

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Was your sim training from a jet transition course you took at a college, or did you go out and buy sim time to look good in your logbook? If you can't explain the situation surrounding how you logged 757 sim time, then why would you think it is an advantage to have logged it?

Just regurgitating what they told me.

I was given great advice once during an interview for dispatch. Long to short; I was being extremely modest and the interviewee stopped the interview and told me if you don't talk yourself up, who will? That is all that comment was meant as, nothing more.


It was for an FAA medical (cognitive question) that was slapped on me by a Dr. when I was in like 3rd grade. I disclosed it on my first medical application years ago and the rest is history. This sim session was basically the final "test" to prove that I could do the job. Nothing bought; just a friend who helped out by putting me through the paces and then writing a letter.