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#2081
MVY EWB HYA PVC BOS OGS SLK RUT LEB AUG RKD BHB
Where you go as an FO (or a CA, for that matter) is almost entirely based on luck, like much of this industry. While the guy with the September class may only have BIL as an option, the winter guys might have the whole Northeast open to them. It’s just right place, right time, and hoping you catch the wave of upgrades/jetblue flows just right as they vacate more desirable stations.
Last edited by IAFDOF; 01-03-2019 at 07:14 AM.
#2083
Any idea how many pilots “flow” to JB? Website makes it sound like you have to enroll as an aviation student and still interview with JB. Regular line pilots have any options?
#2084
You have to sign up for the gateway program in college. Line pilots have no such option. I hear Spirit’s a thing now, though?
#2085
Frasca’s what I meant, not redbird. It’s useful, of course, but I was shocked when they replaced checkride stuff with it. It has absolutely zero feedback and always struck me as basically a glorified procedures trainer.
You have to sign up for the gateway program in college. Line pilots have no such option. I hear Spirit’s a thing now, though?
You have to sign up for the gateway program in college. Line pilots have no such option. I hear Spirit’s a thing now, though?
#2086
University programs that feed people from CFI to right seat to left seat to places like jetBlue will absolutely help sustain 9K, because they simply can’t compete otherwise. 135 piston time basically descreases in value after a point, so unless you have a (more or less) guaranteed move to a major, it doesn’t behoove you to stay more than a year as a CA, unless you’re a townie.
That said, I’d always recommend 9K. You’ll walk away with a PILE of interview stories, you’ll never be a better pilot, and you’ll make lifelong friends. Just do your year and move on! Plus, like I said, I hear Spirit’s an option for regular line guys now, if that’s your bag.
#2088
Hmm, well, last I was in there was probably 2016, so it’d have to be newer than that. We had the 402 cockpit section (formerly a Gulfstream airlines airplane, I believe), painted black, with the 3 projectors above it. The graphics were pretty uninpressive
Last edited by IAFDOF; 01-03-2019 at 12:03 PM.
#2089
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Joined APC: Nov 2018
Posts: 65
I was told there is a flow for the regular line pilots, its a little more of a commitment though. 2,000hrs PIC time after you upgrade to captain and then you need to go to another 121 carrier (most likely a regional) for another two years.
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