500 Hour Pilots at NWA?
03-27-2008, 10:01 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by Superpilot92
Its not true. Maybe 500TPIC but the only people there with low time are the ATI's. Everyone i have seen or met thats been hired was a Captain somewhere or at another major carrier prior to coming to NWA. FWIW
03-27-2008, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric Stratton
The first class of new hires (if you want to call them that) were some of the ground instructors (ATI's i think). how many hours could they actually have if they were teaching ground school for the last few years. I heard a couple went their just after college. just what i was told from a friend who went to school with one of them.
I dont know but we had a previous ATI in my class who ended up leaving his ATI position so he could build his time up to get hired. He went a flew 747s for a couple years then got hired. So i dont know what the people your talking about had as far as time goes but this guy has thousands of hours and lots of heavy international time.FWIW
03-28-2008, 06:49 AM
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The ground school instructors do not get breaks on the required mins. They have to apply, and interview for a pilot position just like a guy off the street. There are many ATI's who do not meet the mins for NWA, which is why they have to go get a flying job if they want to move on.
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