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Old 02-25-2007, 05:38 PM
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I'm reletively young at 28 years and have taken the VSP which is letting me out of the AF early. I've got about 800 PIC in the 707 about 2500 total turbine and am wondering where I should focus...the regionals or the majors. I have some contacts in the majors but know I am a little shy on the hours.
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Old 02-25-2007, 06:45 PM
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Is your PIC including a conversion?

I would still try for the majors. Continental, for example, only needs 500 PIC turbojet time. They're hiring now, I just got hired. I also did the VSP. I would still apply to maybe some regionals just in case, but why not shoot for the big boys. As long as you have the minimums, it's really about who you know not necessarily the number of hours.
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Congrats JSTARS. I've been holding out for that lottery ticket since last July! Unfortunately my year group just refused to go positive....variable betweet -3 and 0 this entire time. I finally said screw it and established a DOS last Friday. At least I won the UPS lottery.

I agree with MooseDriver. Go for the majors with some regional backups.
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Continental has no PIC turbine requirement. It's 1500TT, 1000 PIC in anything or 500 PIC in anything and 500 SIC in turbine aircraft, 1000 turbine, 1000 ME. So, with 2500TT and 800 PIC military time, you'll be fairly competitive.
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Old 02-27-2007, 12:28 PM
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Is your PIC including a conversion?
My PIC is without conversion. I'm not sure which airlines have what onversion etc. I am thinking of trying to get on with OMNI to build a little more time then step from there to the Majors.

I do have connections at Delta and Continental, but both of those guys are retired now. I'm not sure if they will be much help.

Anyone here feel like sponsoring me for UPS or Fed EX? Hows that for networking.
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Actually, when you apply on airlineapps.com it tells you not to include any military conversion for flight times. Although it still makes you put in PIC, which is really what you determine as PIC. I used all my primary, secondary, EP and IP time, plus 90% of other time after upgrading to AC.

They never asked about it at all in the interview. I think they just care whether you have the mins or not. I know one person who interviewed with me who had over +10,000 hours and didn't get hired.

As for connections, I had one with CAL, but I think what really helped was going to an Air Inc job fair. After talking to a CAL HR person at the fair, I got a call within the week.
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When you apply via the Airlineapps site, there is a page where you can enter in how many sorties you've flown. It then applies a conversion to your time (.3 per sortie), which you can see when you finally review your application at the end.
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Old 03-04-2007, 04:08 PM
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As for connections, I had one with CAL, but I think what really helped was going to an Air Inc job fair. After talking to a CAL HR person at the fair, I got a call within the week.
How can I find out about the Job Fairs?
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I'm a tanker guy in the same boat, with very similar hours, and the same questions.

One other question, I thought about getting my CFI/CFII/MEI. Id it worth the $7K for I guy with my hours and experience?

About the Job Fairs, I saw Air Inc has one in Mar at LAX, but I'm deployed. How often do they hold the job fairs?
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For other job fairs, check out:

http://www.aeroservice.com/press1.asp

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http://www.aviationinterviews.com/pilotjobfair/
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