Quick question. It says on APC that minimums are 1300. I know you can't get 200 hours in the sim so I'm trying to figure out what is being done for peeps that are hired with <1500.

 

You can interview when you are a couple months from meeting the required hours.

We have people with class dates at the end of January because they are still building time toward 1500. If they finish early, they can call and get moved to an earlier class (if one is available). If they are delayed, they can push the class date back.

From what I have heard, some of the January classes are almost full already.

 

Yeah I'm sure that means they'll offer you a job contingent upon getting the rest of the hours within a timely fashion. Ie 3-6 months

 

Correct. I interviewed and was offered at Envoy with 1260. They gave me 12 months to get the rest of the time done. I set a class date for 5.5 months later and flew my butt off to get the rest of the time.

 

How hard would it be to commute from MCO to PSA's bases ?

 

A lot of folks commute out of MCO to clt. Maybe a mco commuter can chime in.

 

Mil/Guard guy here, new to the forums...

I submitted my resume and application last night, and got a call this morning to set me up an interview, so that's good. However, I'm in a weird spot and am wondering if anyone has an answer or opinions about my situation.

My total hours are sitting at a little more than 600hrs, but I submitted the application with a metric for Taxi time conversion (the normal version of the Majors' "1.2 x" or "1.3 x") in the Comments section, since our time is logged only from TO to LDG, and doesn't include taxi time. The recruiter pilot said it made perfect sense, but she's not entirely sure how that works at the moment.

It may be a stab in the dark, and maybe I'm simply asking for validation of my own thoughts, but has anyone been in a similar position recently, whether with PSA or another Regional?

Snagging another 100 hours or so in the next several months shouldn't be an issue, but I'm trying to jump on the wave sooner rather than later.

Thanks for any help in advance.

 

MCO CLT is really really bad. Expect 1 to 2 PSA pilots on every flight plus mainline guys with jumpseat priority. Had 8 commuting pilots on 1 flight last summer.

 

Commuting to anywhere out of MCO is going to be rough. Everyone wants to live in Florida. DAB, MLB or TPA may be better alternatives, depending on where someone lives in the central Florida area.

Or jumpseat with Allegiant out of Sanford..

 

I know a couple who do it any they don't make it sound that bad... DAB is close and fairly easy from my understanding if all else fails. GNV is also an option. I commute out of Florida and I can count on one hand how many times I've had to use my commuter clause in the past 2 years.