Competitive hiring min for the majors
 

I'm curious what the competitive minimums for getting hired on with a major. I currently fly for a regional and Im also a military instructor pilot. I only have just over 1700 total 900 turboprop PIC 1400 multi. I also have a bachelors like everybody else. Am I dreaming thinking I might get hired on with a major airline anytime soon (1-3 years)?

Probably 6000tt with 4000 turbine. The more turbine pic the better. But it will lower. There are still a lot of 2007 hires at regionals out there. However, people

can be hired as little as 1500 TT and 1000 turbine. It happened last round of hiring, but the minority check boxes help. That and knowing the right person.

I have heard that 4000tt and TPIC with a Bachelors degree is pretty much the minimum. No idea what would be considered competitive. Yes, folks have been hired with less, especially military.

If you're a military instructor you won't need 6000tt. I have plenty of friends being called to interviews and getting the job with around 2500 hrs. With that being said. They are going to look at the quality of your time rather than quantity.

I agree. In my class at FedEx it seemed like the military guys had an average of around 3,000 hours. Guys with an all civilian background had quite a bit more. I don't think any of the civilian guys had less than 5,000 hours. Everyone had well over 1,000 TPIC. It seems like most HR departments understand that many military pilots fly much less than their civilian counterparts.

In reality after you get a few thousand hours in a transport size aircraft or coming out of a military career its who you know that will get you the job before they start pulling from the "no one knows you" pile of resumes. At that level of the game its way more about networking than what your log books says.

Recently and number of approaches flown are looked at closely by some companies as well.

So what's a competitive number of approaches?!

Maybe it's important, but there's almost no commonality between flying an ILS on the FMS an hand flying one in a fighter... I bootstrapped a number from the percentage of time I update my currencies. Heck, a vis approach in the CRJ is tougher than an ILS...

Truth. Some one sticky this to the front page of this forum, in huge neon letters.

This is the most under-talked about aspect of the career. Huge foot stomper, get out there and network!

I've got a leg up on the number of approachs flown over most other pilots I've met :D (well usually at least but times have thinned!)
I wonder if that would give me a leg up!;)