awax

Hired where? As a flight instructor, regional, LCC, Legacy?

This poll is meaningless without context.

DALMD88FO

Considering that it is posted in the Majors forum, my guess would be hired with a major airline.

Groundpointfife

DALMD88FO would be correct :P

I listed the DL, UA total time averages in the initial post, so given it is posted in the Major section, I want to know about the legacies. I think AA data will be harder to obtain.
We can throw WN in the mix too, I have heard their average new hire has about the same TT, TPIC as the legacy carriers.

From the ALPA graphic in, 2015 UA hired:
836 pilots- 93% men 7% women
The youngest was 24, average age was 37, and the oldest was 57.
Average hours was pretty precise- 5,934
Least was 1,500, most 24,000.
Unfortunately the Civilian vs military number does not add up 78%/37% unless 15% were military that went civilian.

The ALPA graphic in 2015 DL hired:
921 pilots- 93% men 7% women
The youngest was 26, average age was 37, and the oldest was 61.
Average hours was 5,454, least was 1,500, most was 23,000.
Their mix was 51% military and 49% civilian.

The larger the sample here, the more accurate the data will be. Ideally the data would be broken down AA, DL, UA, WN. I suppose this poll could be done in each one of their forums. Alternatively someone may have the 2016 data.

At the regional level we are getting to a point where its R-ATP and a pulse. There are outfits doing phone interviews for class.

Mover

I was hired at AA with 1850 TT and 1550 PIC. I also had interview offers from DAL and FDX.

Deathwish

Military?

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Mover

Yeah. Fighters.

Deathwish

Congratulations man, and thanks for serving our country

Flyby1206

This is why polls like this are so hard to draw any conclusions. Someone with a fighter background 1500-2000hrs is a long career, but someone with a CFI background that's a few years of putzing around the pattern in a C152 (I was the latter group ).

Groundpointfife

Well you could split the poll... One with the same options but only for civilians​ and one only for vets. But so far looking at the small sample it seems is either ballpark 3000 or over 9.5k. So from what people have posted I'd guess the numbers around 3k are mostly military with some civilians mixed in and the higher times​ are all civilian.

Sliceback

And 'when' is also a factor in the accuracy of the poll. With the post 9/11 reduction in hiring guys have more impressive resumes than the typical guy might have had back in the 1980's or 1990's. Avg age has increased from late 20's to mid 30's. That's maybe several years more experience which skews any responses from guys hired during different eras.