Apparently any Boeing typed person can do it, according to one poster who would infact know about it.

Off the Boeing Flight Training Page:

• Have experience in turbojet transport category Boeing aircraft that use an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) with an integrated FMS and autopilot

According to that you can come off any Boeing that has an integrated FMS/EFIS (basically post-1982). I'd gamble that the focus on 777/787 prior experience is they would most likely do better going through the short course than those coming off an older Boeing. Might partially explain why they are considering opening the seat lock, as well as trying to see how many people want to move off their current fleet.

Hiring?
 

Any idea when the next round of interviews will be (January)?
And what aircraft? 777 perhaps?

I assume January, and I assume for the people who had their interviews canceled late Summer. Fleet type, don't know. Of course this all could have already changed since I was last informed in October. So I don't really have any clue.

Hi all,
I interviewed the second week of September, on the way to DTW to head back home right after the interview I got the call to offer me a 76 class by the end of Oct. early in October I got another HR call offering me the 74 instead with the same start date, a few days after that I get another call postponing my start class for “Sometime after the end of the year”.
I hope I am wrong but I don’t have good feeling since it looks like I was placed on a hiring pool.
Any comments appreciated from insiders.
Thanks!

They went into scramble mode to deal with the 777 recently, and have let the other fleets catch up on their training. Nothing happens in December because of peak season, so you just caught a chaotic time. I wouldn’t turn down an offer when it’s given. The job is great once you’re on the line, but the admin side of the house can be a bit frustrating.

Thanks for the input Locke,
I’ll just wait, all Airlines are crazy on the Admin side IMHO.
Thanks,

Was it mentioned yet how many 777s K4 is getting and will they all be DHL flying? Thanks!

4 triples new from boeing starting in January 2020....i dont recall the delivery sched...1st one in January tho

all DHL...hopefully more to come

That’s great news for Kalitta , not-so-good news for Southern who no doubt were expecting more than the 2 x 777F’s they got. It’s validation of the fact that a good CBA has benefits for the business all round ; pilots , management AND the bottom line. The argument can be made though that CMI doesn’t reap the yields that ACMI does , but that’s another topic. Too bad Atlas hasn’t learned this lesson. Bad management equals poor results , and eventually shareholders will wake up to this and correct the mistakes of previous Atlas management. We await the inevitable.