Just got called for an interview on the 12th. Just out of curiosity, any idea on the average gap between a CJO and starting class?

 

The difference is that an instructor has a much better understanding of aerodynamics and the "foundation" of flying than a 250 hr. pilot. As someone who was never an instructor, but did have a few thousand hrs. prior to being hired, I can tell you that building a foundation prior to the airlines makes you a much better pilot than not. Airline pilots learn to fly a profile and really stop learning anything other than airline flying. When the crap hits the fan, the 250 hr wonders usually don't save the day. Look at the colgan crash, that captain was hired with around 500 hrs TT and stalled his airplane and was not able to recover. Perhaps 1000 more hrs of instructing would have given him the ability to break the stall. The Air france crash in south america-again a 300 hr-wonder-kid-hire at the controls. The airplane had a series of failure and an experience pilot was needed to save the day-yet he pulled the airplane into a 7000 fpm climb, stalled the plane, and kept it stalled all the way down to the ocean.

The 4 things you list can all be taught during airline training, but the basics need to be solid before you go to work for an airline.

 

I would plan on a month. It takes a little time to complete the background check. I know guys who interviewed around January 20th and are starting the next class on February 16th.

 

Does the first year uniform expenses cover a suitcase too? Or just the pants/shirts/etc.


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Does he? Is 1250 hours instructing in a 172 really 1250 hours? I feel like it's more like 20-30 hours repeated many times over. It floors me when I meet a CFI who is nervous about stalls, afraid of spins, has less than 10 hours of actual IMC, has never flown more than a single fuel-tank away from home base, and hasn't ever had to deal with real weather. It happened again just a few weeks ago.

 

Any commuters out of GFK? How is the commute from GFK to MSP? It seems like the flights are usually pretty full. On the Delta booking site, it appears that starting next month almost all the CRJ flights out of GFK are by SkyWest (not sure if this changes frequently, but currently it looks like 1-2 a day are flown by Endeavor).

Thanks for you time!

 

Are you referring to the stipend given yearly, or the initial uniform purchase?
The stipend is yours, you can allocate it to MH uniforms or Crew Outfitters (Stopover Store). Not sure about what MH sells, but plenty of luggage is available at Crew Outfitters.

 

Initial first year


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I commuted out of GFK from 2011-2013. Overall the commute wasn't too bad. The number of commuters has probably changed but I know for sure there's a couple of mainline DL guys. There were a few endeavor guys that were doing it and I know at least 1 SKYW guy. It seems tha DL shifts the flying around about every 9 months or so. When I started it was all SKYW, which is who I was with, but by the time I moved it transitioned to almost all Endeavor. Being able to fly on your own metal makes a big difference because the flights are usually pretty full. Just watch for weather as well bc it's a short enough leg that the 200s often have a hard time taking a jumpseat with an alternate. During slow travel season it was a great commute. Just pay attention to busy travel season and big UND events...

 

I think the deal is they pay half for the initial uniform purchase, not any extra items.