Getting hired with no turbine experience.
02-10-2007 | 02:37 PM
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Even if your 2000 hours were turbine, that probably wouldn't be enough to get on with SWA, UPS, FedEx or most other large airlines unless you had some serious internal recommendations. Like HSLD said, there are tons of guys with tons of turbine hours who have apps in.
02-10-2007 | 02:38 PM
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Don't listen to this bull$hit. This is the pure sign of a male with a chip on their shoulder. They still think it's 1985, not 2007. You have to meet the minimums regardless of gender, color, etc. Look on the airline's websites. The requirements will say whether the time has to be turbine, etc. I would say that at FedEx, UPS and SWA you have to have turbine.
what r u smoking?...i personally know 5 people who got hired at fdx in the mid to late 90s with no..i repeat... no PIC turbine time...they were FOs at commuters and flight instructors before that...gimme a break...and who has a chip?...i got hired!!!!
02-10-2007 | 02:40 PM
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CaptainMark, not defending Freightpuppy, but she has heard lots of guys telling her she was not good enough to fly for UPS. Including me.
02-10-2007 | 02:52 PM
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we are still getting 300/310s and will for quite some time...they will probably be around until i hit 60 in 2029(or 2034...thanks foxhunter) we have a SIBA base in CDG and we fly the 310s out of there all across europe and some of the middle east...i've done that stuff but i like flying in the US...i have a 2hr ass....so that's my range 2hrs...
02-10-2007 | 02:58 PM
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we are still getting 300/310s and will for quite some time...they will probably be around until i hit 60 in 2029(or 2034...thanks foxhunter) we have a SIBA base in CDG and we fly the 310s out of there all across europe and some of the middle east...i've done that stuff but i like flying in the US...i have a 2hr ass....so that's my range 2hrs...
02-10-2007 | 04:40 PM
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Dude whatever. I personally know 2 white males that got hired (one at FedEx and one at UPS) right before 9-11 with 3200 TT. Oh yeah, one of the guys busted the sim check but they gave him another chance because "they liked him". They were civilians too. Oh yeah, 2 white guys at NWA with about 3000 TT. Plenty of dudes have gotten hired at airlines without ANY PIC turbine. Like I said - it's 2007! The playing field is A LOT different now or haven't you noticed?
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