Too much time to get hired?
03-04-2013, 09:48 AM
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I was at one of those awesome pilot job fairs in May of 2010 in Las Vegas. The DAL recruiter stood on stage and told the audience that 8000 hours plus was too much time and applicants with more than that would be demmeed untrainable. They may have changed their tune since then and since they haven't hired since then who knows what their official policy will be when they do start hiring. Just repeating what I heard him say.
03-04-2013, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by groundspoiler
I was hired at spirit last year with over 21,000 hours experience( ex- Midwest) with DC-9/MD-88,757-767/777,EMB -190 type ratings. But on the other side their were ex- military guys with 1200 hours in class with me. It all depends on who you know and how well you interview with Spirit. I would almost say more on who you know there is the biggest weighted item.
Maybe they meant 1200 PIC hours.
ATP mins are 1500, and there isn't a military conversion for that either, plus most military guys won't get an ATP until they're getting ready to get out and they should have more than 2000 hours by then, unless they're a fighter guy or a reservist/guardsman.
03-04-2013, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Climbto450
I was at one of those awesome pilot job fairs in May of 2010 in Las Vegas. The DAL recruiter stood on stage and told the audience that 8000 hours plus was too much time and applicants with more than that would be demmeed untrainable. They may have changed their tune since then and since they haven't hired since then who knows what their official policy will be when they do start hiring. Just repeating what I heard him say.
Anyway... ive I ever come to have too much time ill just crop my logbook and delete those hours.
Really tired on the perfect record, perfect candidate thing.
03-05-2013, 08:09 AM
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JS rider yesterday, works at spirit....been there a year or so....said he cut his time in half and then started getting called weekly, after not a peep from anyone for more than a year....I think he hat 17k and started putting on his apps, updates, etc. 8-9 grand....interesting guy....
The FO brought the point that he thinks it's forging your time the same as saying you have more than you actually do.....(not to the JS guy, just afterwards).
The FO brought the point that he thinks it's forging your time the same as saying you have more than you actually do.....(not to the JS guy, just afterwards).
03-05-2013, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by chazbird
Being an IP, or check airmen should be something someone wants to do, and moreover, is something they are good at.
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03-05-2013, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I love instructing and would love to fly with guys on their first flights. I'd enjoy that, but I'd never want to be a LCA because of the police factor. I'd never make it as a cop, it's not for me. So while I thought about being a LCA at Coex, the thought of sitting on the JS doing line checks seemed miserable to me.
03-05-2013, 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by fandango
The FO brought the point that he thinks it's forging your time the same as saying you have more than you actually do.....(not to the JS guy, just afterwards).
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