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11-11-2018, 06:08 PM

#1891

JMO127

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Joined APC: Mar 2017

Posts: 452

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Originally Posted by UhOhItsTheFiveO

Ok, thanks JMO! If thats the case, when I hit 750 should I reapply with the entire packet again? Or do I need to contact someone and let them know that I've hit the 750 mark and to update my pending application? Also any advice on the High Performance endorsement?

Contact the number I gave you and tell them you have 750. Always show interest.

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11-11-2018, 09:22 PM

#1892

dera

In a land of unicorns

Joined APC: Apr 2014

Position: Whale FO

Posts: 6,470

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Originally Posted by UhOhItsTheFiveO

HP endorsement itself is kinda useless, but your resume might not be relevant if you don't have it.

11-12-2018, 03:40 AM

#1893

Toonces

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Joined APC: Aug 2013

Position: FO

Posts: 627

Quote:

Originally Posted by dera

HP endorsement itself is kinda useless, but your resume might not be relevant if you don't have it.

I feel like it was part of the stated FO minimums a couple years ago. I couldn’t find mine. Had to get creative.

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11-12-2018, 05:18 AM

#1894

JMO127

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Toonces

I feel like it was part of the stated FO minimums a couple years ago. I couldn’t find mine. Had to get creative.

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It was. However, they give you a new HP/HA endorsement after your checkride.

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11-12-2018, 08:45 AM

#1895

clrd4apch

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Joined APC: Aug 2018

Posts: 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toonces

I feel like it was part of the stated FO minimums a couple years ago. I couldn’t find mine. Had to get creative.

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I was panicking when I couldn’t fine mine when I was prepping my package, then remembered an endorsement wasn’t required for HP prior to August 4, 1997 if you logged HP PIC prior to that date - phew.

11-15-2018, 06:53 PM

#1896

jcullen4

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Joined APC: May 2017

Posts: 78

Hiring Captains?

Lots of talk on here about FO hiring, lately. Wondering if there'll be some hiring for direct-entry captains or if this is a year-round thing?

11-15-2018, 07:48 PM

#1897

JMO127

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jcullen4

Lots of talk on here about FO hiring, lately. Wondering if there'll be some hiring for direct-entry captains or if this is a year-round thing?

Always hiring direct entry captains. the question is can the make it through training. Pass rate isn't exactly what I would call stellar. Being generous, maybe 1 in 6 IF that. More likely 1 in 8 or 9. The flying is the easy part. It's the company stuff that gets people. The FMS is foreign and currently the way it is taught isn't exactly easy to pick up. The 2M 'Sim" they have is more for procedures not exactly FMS related things. It's just a different operation. Most of the post airline guys crash and burn. It is what it is.

11-16-2018, 01:07 AM

#1898

tanker

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Posts: 441

Because of the failure rate of direct entry Captains they’ve changed the program. When you start training you are paid as a Captain but you train initially as an FO and take an SIC check ride. You then go on full time status and do 3 rotations as an FO with an IP. After that you do what an FO who upgrades normally does. That is a week of upgrade ground training followed by 2 rotations in the left seat with an IP in the right. After that you go to Dallas for the simulator training and the check ride. Once the check ride is passed and you finish Captain IOE you no longer fly with IPs but you remain on full time status until you get 100 hours as Captain then a DEC will revert to part time. So including all the training you will be on full time status for about 6 months but you will be paid as a Captain the entire time.

11-16-2018, 04:18 AM

#1899

jcullen4

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Posts: 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by tanker

Thanks for this! I like what I hear. I'm sure I don't make the cut for direct entry, but I figured I'd give it a try--I mostly want (need) the 8/6 schedule (family reasons). I'm at 1300TT, 1100MEL, 1180PIC, 100nt, 95instrument.