Swaazy i am going to the Air Inc career fair in ATL in Nov, should i wait to then to give them my resume?

 

Nope. Apply at airlineapps.com asap and if you haven't heard from them by the fair then hand them a resume and let them know you've already applied. Good luck.

 

They pay for a degree/advanced degree?

 

DME,

I don't believe they do. However, while waiting to upgrade / move on why not take advantage of the on-line education opportunities out there and get the masters done...Just my 2cents worth.

-LAFF

 

I'm at Colgan now, and have always looked at AE...do you know anything about their projected hiring?

Will the really interview anyone with over 100 ME?

 

and a pulse

 

The philosophical problem with this idea...

A healthy FO attrition is not necessarily bad for a rock-bottom regional...If you stay for a year, the company more than made up for their training costs by getting all that flying out of you at first-year pay.

If you do that, then go to a better regional...well, you just spent a year undercutting the better regional that you hope to enjoy (not to mention the mainline).

I enjoyed the heck out of flight instructing, and I can safely say that I would rather CFI for a year than do TWO new-hire training programs in the same timeframe. Each interview & new-hire training program removes about 3 months from your life... It might be a different story if your CFI opportunities are minimal or the work environment is crap.

Let's all encourage new folks to avoid the very worst of the regionals...if bottom-feeders feel enough pain, maybe they will scale back their abuse...or disapear.

 

Rick,

To what extent do you consider AE a bottom feeder? I've heard mostly good things about them, aside from the long upgrades. AE may wind up being an opportunity for me someday as my friend at AA is former AE and still friends with the chief pilots there.

 

I think rick was primarily referring to the Colgan's and Mesa out there...just a guess.

 

I have been with Eagle about 6.5 years, and I think Eagle is a great place to work. As the airline industry goes through its cycles, airlines go from hot to cold, and it is generally not a good idea to switch from one regional to the next. I have friends that left Eagle for Comair, ACA (now the defunct independence) etc, to later find out they really made a terrible choice. When I got Hired at Eagle the upgrades were around 1.5 years, I think it will return to that in time. Eagle Management is at this time offering us money to refer people and they have lowered the mins to 500 and 50. they are doing this cause there are alot of people leaving eagle for places like FedEx Southwest UPS CAL etc. There is a recall going on at American where 400 flow backs and 400 flow through's will be going in the near future. If you are getting hired at Eagle with 500 hours you will be lucky enough to have enough total time to accept an upgrade when it comes. So those of you who are considering going to a place with a quick upgrade, consider many factors. Eagle's start pay is better, work rules are better, and it has a very long history. Eagle also is senior for a reason, its a good place to work.