HAH wishful thinking! Probably just to cover FO upgrades. After this recent bid there are only 35 JFK ERJ FOs, and I think they want to stabilize around 40 crews (8 aircraft, 5 crews per plane).

 

Anyone here that interviewed at Eagle on January 24, 2011 or after?

Have you received a call back yet (review board, medical, class date)?

Are the February class dates already full?

Thx

 

I interviewed on Jan 18 and got the call saying I passed the CA review on Feb 4. Waiting for medical and expecting Feb 28 class.

 

What kind of TT and ME time did you have if you dont mind me asking?

Steve

 

I got the interview with 960/103.

 

They must be getting thin on applicants if they are hiring with 900/100. I would assume their are plenty of pilots with higher times that they could still pick from. Why are other 121 minimums higher? Does anyone know if the application pool is drying up throughout the industry?

 

800/100 are the mins. There are a few other regionals that are dropping their mins to 800/100 as well. Its the law of supply and demand. Eagle needs to hire 500+ pilots for 2011, probably more than any other regional is projecting at this point, so they really need to keep the applications coming in.

 

Aren't their still 1000's of qualified pilots to fill AE needs? I was thinking a shortage wouldn't happen till late this year or 2012.

 

Any news on if the Captain's Review Board is meeting tomorrow Friday 11, 2011?

 

There likely isn't going to be an actual shortage of qualified pilots, at least not for quite some time (student pilot numbers are definitely decreasing). It's a matter of who is willing to fly for regional wages. Flight time also isn't the only determining factor in who is a good candidate. I know a lot of guys who have seen both good and bad out of the lower time guys at the airlines. There are pilots who got hired back during the boom that probably weren't highly qualified, but they got through. Then there are the captains who say they've flown with low-time guys who they would much rather fly with than some high time guys.

It just depends. The days of getting hired with less than 500TT are over, but why not give the guys at 800 who are capable a chance? If the pilots with much more experience and time want the jobs, they likely will get the interview. Lowering the mins like Eagle, AWAC, etc creates a bigger pool with more options to be weighed.