Anyone have a feel for current competitive times for military pilots?

 

Most fighter guys I know who’ve been hired have 1700-2000 hours, a couple of hundred IP/SEFE hours, and maybe a white jet tour.

 

The fighter guys I know who were service academy grads with the hours above also all got quick turns from application to interview.

 

Thanks! Have an acquaintance getting ready to separate and didn’t know how competitive his times would be.

 

These days, not sure being an Academy grad is particularly highlighting at getting a quick invite. Certainly not like having a couple thousand fighter hours, give or take, and IP/SEFE time.

 

Anyone know about the sim instructor positions at Delta? Are they commutable, do the allow for progression to the line, ballpark pay?

That for any info

 

Yes

Eyes of the beholder, people do though I have no idea why

Don't understand

85 hours a month, highest FO pay you can hold system wide. Or if you can hold CA anywhere, 777 FO.

 

There are some sim instructors that commute. They kind of bid for which periods they want to instruct, but it isn’t as robust as bidding on the line, so you’ll sometimes have very senior sim instructors working sim periods that weren’t anywhere near what they had wanted to do. So, commutability is more correctly described as, “it depends.” YMMV

As for progression, that depends entirely on the rest of your resume and application, but I’ve never heard of a separate pathway to guarantee a job or interview. If you are an SLI (seniority list instructor), you are paid 85 hrs guarantee at the highest rate you can hold for the seat you’re in. For example, you can instruct the 717 right seat, but if there is one pilot junior to you on the 777, then you get paid 777 FO pay. I have no idea what the pay is for a contract instructor.

 

are you talking about a seniority list instructor? or non seniority list instructor?

 

Non seniority.