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Old 07-22-2020, 12:22 PM
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I'm currently at about 650TT. CFI/CFII, 550+PIC, 80hrs instrument. Seems I meet most of the requirements posted in their FO listing. Would it be worth me applying at 750 hours or should I wait until 1,000 or so to look more competitive. Id like to have more exotic aircraft than a C172 on my resume and Planesense seems like a good company to work for and gain some experience.
Hate to break it to you but the reality is that guys like you and me are stuck being CFI's for the foreseeable future. Could be worse, imagine getting a regional class date and leaving your old CFI job just to have COVID go down and now you have 1,500hr and nobody to fly for.
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Old 07-22-2020, 12:44 PM
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Hate to break it to you but the reality is that guys like you and me are stuck being CFI's for the foreseeable future. Could be worse, imagine getting a regional class date and leaving your old CFI job just to have COVID go down and now you have 1,500hr and nobody to fly for.

This is a true statement
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Old 07-22-2020, 07:16 PM
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This is a true statement
Damn guys try to have an ounce of optimism if you can! I'll keep pushing foreward and hope for something to come along.
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Old 07-22-2020, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by gwt9678 View Post
Id like to have more exotic aircraft than a C172 on my resume and Planesense seems like a good company to work for and gain some experience.
Have you seen what the industry is doing lately?
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Old 07-23-2020, 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by gwt9678 View Post
Damn guys try to have an ounce of optimism if you can! I'll keep pushing foreward and hope for something to come along.
Look man I'm all for optimism so long as it doesn't cloud reality, but that's just the situation right now. Reading what is going on at the regional & majors is more and more troubling by the day. Even if you look outside of the airline industry the fact that 30 million Americans have lost their jobs is nothing short of devastation.

I think if you look at the fact that we still can fly as CFI's is the silver lining in this whole thing. Like I said before it could be worse. Mid to low time CFI's have to build up time anyways so it's almost a wash for us...so long as we keep our jobs..
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Old 07-23-2020, 01:44 PM
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You never know what they are after. Maybe they want pilots with low experience, rather than a spoiled airline pilots.
The truth is that my buddy American Airlines Junior FO (former Regional check airmen and Captain) 6000h tt and myself 2400h tt, regional FO are applying for this job. It is a sad time for our industry and we will all have to endure it together. I want to believe better times are coming.

Hang in there guys!
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Old 07-24-2020, 03:24 AM
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You never know what they are after. Maybe they want pilots with low experience, rather than a spoiled airline pilots.
The truth is that my buddy American Airlines Junior FO (former Regional check airmen and Captain) 6000h tt and myself 2400h tt, regional FO are applying for this job. It is a sad time for our industry and we will all have to endure it together. I want to believe better times are coming.

Hang in there guys!
Guys with this much experience are applying for direct entry captain, right?
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Old 07-24-2020, 09:27 AM
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How stringent are they on the 100 miles from a reporting base? Fiancé is looking at a school that’s “about” 150 miles from the closest base.
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Old 07-24-2020, 12:26 PM
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I heard a rumor that PS FOs don't fly live legs as a policy. I understand the logic of FOs flying empty legs to log the sole manipulator PIC time, but is it true FOs are never PF when there are owners aboard?
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Old 07-24-2020, 01:35 PM
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The Capts do fly the passenger legs however since passenger legs are either 91K or 135 the FOs do get to log SIC time. That directive came from our FAA POI and it has to do with his concern for FO IFR currency.
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