Fighter jet multiplier???
#13
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Position: B-52 IP / Delta Poolie
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To be specific, Delta adds 0.2 per military sortie. You put in your hours as listed on your flight summary report, and you'll have to put in the number of sorties. When you review your Delta app, it magically calculates the conversion for you.
Also, to correct some bad gouge listed earlier in this thread, Airlineapps.com allows you to complete one app for free. If you want to apply to more than that, you have to pay their fee. United and Delta both use the site. If you are interested in Regionals, a handful of those use the site as well.
Also, to correct some bad gouge listed earlier in this thread, Airlineapps.com allows you to complete one app for free. If you want to apply to more than that, you have to pay their fee. United and Delta both use the site. If you are interested in Regionals, a handful of those use the site as well.
#15
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Joined APC: Jan 2013
Position: Chief ice fetcher!
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To be specific, Delta adds 0.2 per military sortie. You put in your hours as listed on your flight summary report, and you'll have to put in the number of sorties. When you review your Delta app, it magically calculates the conversion for you.
Also, to correct some bad gouge listed earlier in this thread, Airlineapps.com allows you to complete one app for free. If you want to apply to more than that, you have to pay their fee. United and Delta both use the site. If you are interested in Regionals, a handful of those use the site as well.
Also, to correct some bad gouge listed earlier in this thread, Airlineapps.com allows you to complete one app for free. If you want to apply to more than that, you have to pay their fee. United and Delta both use the site. If you are interested in Regionals, a handful of those use the site as well.
#16
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Will airlines look at single seat T-6 FAIP time the same way they look at Viper time? I hear about fighter guys getting hired with 1700-2000 at places like Delta, but where do they get the advantage? Is it purely in the large number of sorties they have or do you actually check a box on the application for having flown a fighter?
For an example lets say you had two guys that both had about 1800 Total Time, but of that 1800 TT one guy had 1000hrs in the Viper (769 sorties at 1.3hrs) and one guy had 1000hrs in the T-6 (also 769 sorties at 1.3hrs). If all else was equal between the two candidates when it came to recommendations, etc. are they both looked at the same way when being selected for an interview?
I guess the real question I should be asking is does a computer or person decide who gets an interview? Obviously it comes down to a person's decision when it comes to the final decision at the interview, but is it a numbers/box checking/recommendations game to get the interview?
For an example lets say you had two guys that both had about 1800 Total Time, but of that 1800 TT one guy had 1000hrs in the Viper (769 sorties at 1.3hrs) and one guy had 1000hrs in the T-6 (also 769 sorties at 1.3hrs). If all else was equal between the two candidates when it came to recommendations, etc. are they both looked at the same way when being selected for an interview?
I guess the real question I should be asking is does a computer or person decide who gets an interview? Obviously it comes down to a person's decision when it comes to the final decision at the interview, but is it a numbers/box checking/recommendations game to get the interview?
#19
There is also a difference between the .2/.3 per sortie that airlines use for all mil pilots (equates mil hours to civ hours) and what the airline might use for a fighter multiplier (fighter vs. crew aircraft). I've heard (rumor multiple times removed) that some airlines will internally multiply fighter hours to compare actual "stick time" to heavy hours. Same rumor was two or three times the hours. BUT . . . that's how they internally compare candidates and you'd probably never know if they did the multiplier or not. Also take with a grain of salt from a dude who's submitted exactly zero apps thus far.
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