Sure hope they don’t frown on more than 4yrs...it’s taken me more like 16 lol!
Partly because I left flying, thought I’d never return, and didn’t need the degree working in the power utility industry. Then cash funded my wife’s education through Doctorate degree, since she’s smarter than me lol!!!
Long story short, finally finishing mine up, and back in flying, so now I’m kicking myself for not finishing it years past when I started it.

 

I was hired two years ago, so my info might be a little dated...

It took me seven and a half calendar years to finish my bachelors degree...hey, a lot of people go to college for 8 years! That was actually the first thing they asked me about in the interview. I had taken two years off to race cars full time, and I had another year prior to that where I thought I was going to be in a rock & roll band and do nothing but play guitar and drink beer. All in all, I was enrolled in school for 11 semesters (not counting random summers), which mostly was full time. I decided to get serious and go back to school earning a full ride ROTC scholarship for the last two years. Coincidentally, while I was on active duty, I decided to again go back to school to obtain my pre-med requirements for the possibility of medical school after active duty, so I had to take chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, anatomy, physiology, etc, but around my active duty schedule. I literally showed up with transcripts from 8 colleges. My saving grace in the whole mess (IMHO) was that my grades were okay...3.3 for my first undergrad attempt and then 3.9 for the subsequent pre-med.

Also, as far as turbo prop time, I think I had around 1200 or so in the T6, which was my current airplane when I interviewed. But, I had pretty much every qualification that could be had (standardization instructor, evaluator, maintenance test pilot, etc). I've heard that since then, they've started to not count T6 time. I'm told it's because it's under 12500 lbs., but that's just what I've heard though. But, I also had another 3K or so hours of multi-engine jet time, so I'm not sure that it really mattered.

 

As a relatively new pilot... I can say, time frame to finishing your degree doesn’t keep you from getting hired. In my case, I went to college for 2 years (thinking I’d get drafted to play pro ball) that didn’t turn out and I wasn’t ready for college studies, so I went into the military for 4 years to figure out what I wanted to do with myself. Afterwards I used my GI Bill to pay for college and flight training.... so from the time I started college the first time to actually “getting my degree “ something on the end of 8 years... and yet, FDX still hired me and so did other majors.
Background is civilian turboprops (several different types) and RJ for well over a decade (thousands and thousands of hours of TPIC (7,900jet PIC) in winters up in the northeast corridor doing 4-6 legs a day with de-icing sometimes every leg)
Don’t give up!

 

I had 11 years between my last associates and my only bachelors. There is a question on the application that asks something along the lines of "is there anything else you would like us to know about your application." Type in a narrative of a reasonable explanation why there was a gap. Especially if it involves something like financial troubles, taking care of a loved one, or funding your spouse going back to school.

 

Good to read these replies...there’s still hope for some of us lol! Now just to get them to count helicopter time, and I’d be sitting in a much better position TT wise
Hoping the time I’m spending at Atlas will help offset the lack of overall FW time, but we’ll see.

 

The Tab isn't there, but you can still click on the hyperlink on the checklist under profile summary...and it seems to have the same functionality.

 

Thanks. I didn’t even know those were hyperlinks.

 

For all.... recent visit to FedEx Pilot recruitment confirms 1000 hr PIC turbine is required to be competitive.... I went to check on the person I have endorsed (he has less than 1000) to see if that was going to be a showstopper. It is. Keep updating if you have less than 1000. G'luck..

 

I think the removal of the 1000 PIC was simply for a handful of guys at places like Ryan at Atlas that were 767 captains but didn't have 1000 PIC yet. They had a ton of hours in other planes, however, and were now current, qualified and just about "that much" short on the PIC.

I also think the company thought they might be able to offer them a shorter course and some kind of consolidation waivers. That's just some schoolhouse banter I am regurgitating...no claims on the validity. The point is the 1000 PIC waiver was for a very, very small subset of the pilot world. It was not designed to bring in Regional FOs, T-6 FAIPs, or younger pilots. It was designed to (perhaps) help work around the cluster that was the 767 program kickoff.

Someone may be much better datapoints than me. The youngest guy I know hired at FedEx was 26, but was at two regionals previously and was a check airman.

 

So would a current Atlas pilot still squeak in minus the 1000PIC? Or am I understanding you correctly in that was a one time deal for those guys at the time?
I understand having it would be better than not, just hoping maybe the 76 type and time in type, would help offset that for someone looking to work there.