Do you have to be current to get hired?
#11
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Joined APC: Jan 2014
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T45Heinous, Let me know if you end up getting a call from SkyWest. I'm trying to judge how long it is taking them to get back to people. I really want the 175 so I don't want to go to some place before they have classes for it.
Contact App, I just ordered a yoke and X plane. I hope to get the scan going again before renting a plane at todays prices.
Does anyone know the best place around ORD to get recurrent?
Contact App, I just ordered a yoke and X plane. I hope to get the scan going again before renting a plane at todays prices.
Does anyone know the best place around ORD to get recurrent?
#13
Might be a long time before new-hires get the E-175. Any openings would almost certainly be offered to old-hires first and since the E-175 pays slightly better than the CRJ-200 it's likely there will be enough takers from the ranks.
#14
Gettin paid to fly
Joined APC: Oct 2013
Position: BE-350
Posts: 172
T45Heinous, Let me know if you end up getting a call from SkyWest. I'm trying to judge how long it is taking them to get back to people. I really want the 175 so I don't want to go to some place before they have classes for it.
Contact App, I just ordered a yoke and X plane. I hope to get the scan going again before renting a plane at todays prices.
Does anyone know the best place around ORD to get recurrent?
Contact App, I just ordered a yoke and X plane. I hope to get the scan going again before renting a plane at todays prices.
Does anyone know the best place around ORD to get recurrent?
#15
I wouldn't give up much seniority waiting for the E-175...it's not going to be appreciably different in terms of pay/schedule/QOL than the CRJ. Also you have a lot more basing options on the CRJ.
Just in case anyone had any misconceptions, E-175 time is not going to be any more career-enhancing than any other kind of RJ (unless you're looking at some overseas E-175 contract work, in that case they do usually want type-specific experience).
Just in case anyone had any misconceptions, E-175 time is not going to be any more career-enhancing than any other kind of RJ (unless you're looking at some overseas E-175 contract work, in that case they do usually want type-specific experience).
#16
I've heard quite the opposite. Probably depends on what airplane your getting back "in the groove" on. I've spoken to a few FSI instructors lately who've trained guys that have been parked for years and the first few sim's are a cluster F, but it comes back pretty quick if you have a fair amount of time. I have 8k hours and have never had a problem with training events. Everyone is different. If I was being trained on a 747 100-200 again after being grounded for 4 years, then it might be another story.
#17
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Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 189
T45, it took me 2 weeks between app submitted and phone call from SKW, which ironically happened the night of NYE. Thankfully I hadn't started drinking much yet when the recruiter called. I'm not current either, but I do have my ATP multi-engine, so maybe that's a sticking point at the moment? I also went to the Vegas Job Fair and spoke with a different recruiter at SKW, so if you can make it to a job fair somewhere and get some face time, that might help get your foot in the door.
#18
I took a year off flying to start a business. That business is not working at as well as I hoped, and my desire to get back into flying is stronger than I thought it would be.
How much current time do I need to get for a regional interview? I'm guessing I at least need an instrument competency check. I have over 10,000 hours total but 0 in the last year.
Also do Skywest, Mesa, American Eagle, and Republic have training contracts? If they do, does anyone have details on how much the are if you leave early. I want to be based in ORD, so I'm interested in any company that has a base there.
Thanks in advance for any help.
How much current time do I need to get for a regional interview? I'm guessing I at least need an instrument competency check. I have over 10,000 hours total but 0 in the last year.
Also do Skywest, Mesa, American Eagle, and Republic have training contracts? If they do, does anyone have details on how much the are if you leave early. I want to be based in ORD, so I'm interested in any company that has a base there.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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