yrbroom

Haha, same here my friend. And I'm at 530.

HBTD

Are you waiting for an interview or a class date?

Javichu

Don't feel left out guys. I started the process 7 months ago!, 2 months in the pool......and we don't know if those emails mean that we're getting a class date!

PrettyFlyGuy

For all you guys sitting around not flying waiting for phone calls. There are 2 open pilot spots on dropzone.com. One requires 350hrs and the other 500 and can start immediately. One I know for sure offers free housing and the owners wife cooks dinner every night for the guys. Might as well get some more hours and build some stick and rudder skills and get some free skydives.

BravoPapa

How do you find the job listings there?

Holtzy822

I applied in September when I was at 350, I'm at 860 now so it was nice they asked for an updated resume.

Javichu

You flew quite a bit man

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N105MR

Hey everyone,

I applied at the end of April, had my HR interview 3 weeks later, and just got an email saying my technical interview has been set, but didn't say what time(?). What are the chances of being PHX based? Someone said awhile back FOs are not required crewmembers and can't log the time, is that still true? Seems weird to hire FOs that aren't required. When is their next class date?

Any guidance on the technical interview would be appreciated. I'm not looking for answers, just overall what it was like.

Thanks!

C/SEL, MEL, INST 1000 TT

Javichu

They offered PHX in the email. I've never heard of anyone having problems logging SIC time at boutique or similar carriers.
No class date yet, that's what we've been talking for pages
You'd get an upgrade quite fast in my opinion

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TSAwithBagpipes

Long time lurker here, glad to give some input finally.

I've been a "Captain" at BTQ for roughly 2 years so I've got lots of info. I accepted a position at a 121 so I'm now comfortable sharing my opinions online-both good a bad. If anyone is interested in a scoop I'd be happy to provide some honest answers. PM me or let me know in this thread.

As it stands it seems 500 hours is the sweet spot for hiring, but there's a long list of applicants and a small amount of employees to keep up with hiring. The DFW/MSP/ATL schedules are the best with no CDOs and not more than 4 turns in a day. Overnights are in less than great crew houses. The DFW domicile is a very organized operation in regards to passenger handling, but expect more reposition and maintenance flights on reserve as nearby DTO airport is a maintenance base. DEN is also a maintenance base.

For a 135 time builder this place seems like a better choice than many others.

I'll list some positives and negatives:

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VERY competitive pay for an EAS 135, 401k, $200 off day call in pay, decent full coverage insurance, paid time off, with seniority an excellent and flexible schedule, CASS privileges with American and Southwest

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Crew houses (they're nasty), rest period lengths, willingness to try and push pilots into uncomfortable situations (typical duty/rest and weather stuff), communication break downs when things aren't going as planned

There will be quite a few other PICs leaving from DFW and DEN so I expect a good bit of hiring going on in the next few weeks. Attrition at BTQ was pretty low for the last several months.