AA required 1000 hrs turbine PIC previously. I'd think 6000 hrs TT, several jet quals, and 1000 hrs turbine PIC would be very competitive.

Good luck.

The (secret) 773 plan is to get to around 20... trickle orders of one every 2 months or so.

Yes, we can expect AA to make a big push into Asia, and also probably the Middle East and South Africa. The new Asia stuff is just starting with LAX-PVG.

B6 merger fuel
 

More fuel for the merger fire:

AMR Is Said to Be in Talks With JetBlue Airways to Widen Booking Agreement - Bloomberg

“It definitely furthers cooperation between them,” Higgins said of the current discussions. “If the benefits to AMR of the JetBlue tie-up are as good as I think they’ll be, I also believe it increases the odds there may be a merger down the road.”

The challenge for American is to first resolve contract talks with its three largest unions, Higgins said. The current labor negotiations date back as far as September 2006, when bargaining began with pilots.

The last paragraph I think is key, my take is no merger until the contracts are signed. I am sure others on here can give updates as to how those talks are preceding.

It will be really interesting to see AA's Middle East strategy. Dump Royal Jordanian and pick up Emirates and the oneworld alliance would blast the competition. Convincing the rest of the alliance members would be the hard part.

Gracias.....I am currently flying two different type rated jets with my company. With the recall rates expected.....we'll see if I can get to that magical 1000hrs by the time they start hiring from the street.

I'm not too far ahead of those times: 7000+, 1500 TPIC, 3 jet types, former regional/fractional/corporate...

I think a big key too will be who is current....

If The Big Meeting yesterday is any indicator, contracts won't be signed for a l-o-n-g time.:mad:

And the band played on...

The requirement for additional pilots won't stop though. The staffing here is worse than when I left Eagle earlier this year. Once the recalls are through (very early next year, by my estimate), AA will have to look at the street.

As I've said before, I think they'll get 10,000 qualified apps in the first few weeks, so they can be picky. Those in the earlier slots will get the better seniority we all covet.

As a bare minimum, I'd think with all the long time regional captains, corporate, other mainline-type pilots and military, 2000 hours 121 or military heavy jet PIC will be easy to get for them.

The 1000 TPIC wasn't necessarily set in stone. I thought it was until I found someone hired without it. I called my cousin who did recruitment/interviews and found it was supposed to be, but it got bent from time to time.

Yeah, not for me, but I only knew the guys doing interviews. Go figure.

Swede - agreed. I thought it was a hard requirement. No so. FO told me he got hired without the PIC time.

No clue what the future mins will be but here are the previous requirements -

3500 civilian or
2000 military multi-engine or
1000 hrs fighter

(basically minimum 4+ yrs experience, typically 6+)

1000 hrs turbine
500 hrs turbine PIC

helo time does NOT count


Oops, my bad. It was 500 turbine PIC, not 1000. RI380, you're in the window based on the previous requirements.