American Eagle Hiring Mins Lowered to 500 hrs
06-27-2011 | 11:56 AM
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Hey fourm. just wanted to drop in and tell you who's hiring. I'm still in training so this is not for me.lol
American Eagle Airlines is excited to announce that we have adjusted our current hiring minimum. Our hiring goals are expected to exceed 670 pilots in 2011, and we foresee hiring to continue into 2012. Our new hiring minimums are as follows:
---Airline Apps, Inc., June 23, 2011
American Eagle Airlines is excited to announce that we have adjusted our current hiring minimum. Our hiring goals are expected to exceed 670 pilots in 2011, and we foresee hiring to continue into 2012. Our new hiring minimums are as follows:
- 500 Total Time with 50 Multi-Engine
- Successful completion of the Recruitment Process
- Successful completion of ATP’s Regional Jet Standards Course (Paid in full by American Eagle Airlines)
- Two year signed commitment to fly for American Eagle Airlines
---Airline Apps, Inc., June 23, 2011
06-27-2011 | 12:53 PM
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I jumpseat on American Eagle, SkyWest, Compass & Mesaba, and the stories are all the same: they can't fill their classes with enough new hires, and crews are getting lots of extra pay due to overtime required to offset the shortage of crews. I'm told that the companies are canceling some flights as a result. The pilot shortage is now real at the regionals, and regional flying will shrink as every major airline & cargo company hires next year.
06-27-2011 | 02:50 PM
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I don't understand this statement. Not being sarcastic by any means. Are you saying just because the majors start hiring they will take back flying that was done by the regionals?
06-27-2011 | 05:08 PM
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I'm saying regionals won't have enough pilots to live up to their contracts, as regional pilots get pulled out & hired by majors.
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06-27-2011 | 06:48 PM
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MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION .... where will the captains come from.... Majors & international airlines (Emirates & Qatar & Singapore) will take the all the captains who want to go first, then the super senior co-pilots, NEXT, in the 1-2 years to come, all the co-pilots the reagionals are hiring today & training .......
How will ameriflight & others like them find their guys......???
06-27-2011 | 09:12 PM
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....But that only works until end of 2012, then there is no way guys are going to get 1500hrs in in a couple months...
06-28-2011 | 01:10 AM
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06-28-2011 | 03:49 AM
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All in favor?? Aye!! Unfortunately I don't foresee that changing anytime soon... There's an argument for paying new FOs more once they need to meet the 1500 hrs to get hired, but where will that money likely come from? The airline won't want to spend any more money on payroll then they already do, so they'll likely try to pay senior CAs less so they can pay the junior FOs more. That has to happen through a change in contract, and I doubt many (if any) CAs would vote for lesser pay.
06-28-2011 | 05:25 AM
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BTW, I hold a 94hr line and each month I over block with max TAFB.
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