Comair about to lower thier mins again!!!
04-12-2007 | 07:15 AM
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All First Officer applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:
Requirements for Position of First Officer - A330/A340 and B777
All First Officer applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:
- An ICAO Airline Transport Pilot's License (ATPL)
- A minimum of 1000 hours in one of the following categories:
- Airline Jet Transport
- Command Turbo Prop (MAUW greater than 20,000 Kgs)
- High Performance Military Jet
- Corporate Jet Command
- A current Class One Medical
- Fluent spoken & written English
- Experience commensurate with age
An applicant must possess the right to live and work in the chosen Base Area. The Company will not sponsor applications to immigration authorities for Flight Crew to live and work in any port other than Hong Kong
Requirements for Position of First Officer - A330/A340 and B777
- A minimum of 4,000 hours total flying time
- A minimum of 2,000 hours multi-crew, multi-engined jet aircraft experience
- ICAO ATPL
- English language fluency (written and verbal comprehension)
- Experience commensurate with age
- Type rated would be advantageous
04-12-2007 | 07:18 AM
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I'm in Comair training right now with 57 multi. I got an interview invite within 3 hours. I'm not sure why you won't be called. I think its the system in how it filters out applicants, and I have no idea how it works, or what it looks at. Sometimes it just takes a long time to get it in.
04-12-2007 | 07:24 AM
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Sorry man...but those "other credentials" simply don't make up for lack of flight experience. For over a decade pilots with 500 hours or less have successfully completed training and safely flown regional jets, and I'm sure you'd be no different...but PLEASE don't think those three items somehow make you more qualified for a job.
04-12-2007 | 07:30 AM
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Sorry man...but those "other credentials" simply don't make up for lack of flight experience. For over a decade pilots with 500 hours or less have successfully completed training and safely flown regional jets, and I'm sure you'd be no different...but PLEASE don't think those three items somehow make you more qualified for a job.
04-12-2007 | 07:41 AM
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There are airlines that will hire lower-time pilots out of specific college aviation programs (Purdue, UND, ERAU, Parks, etc) because those folks are, by and large, a known quantity when it comes to the quality of their training and the depth of their knowledge. They have proven their ability to succeed in training. That said, a college degree is NOT a requirement at the regional level, although it is always "preferred".
A CFI? Yeah, and so are 90% of 121 pilots. That won't help you any (outside of building flight experience) unless you instruct in a program that has some sort of guaranteed movement to an airline (ATP, MAPD, DCI, etc).
I also have an aviation degree, hold a CFI-AIM, and served in the ANG...didn't do me (or anybody else I know in a similar position) any favors when trying to get a job. What got me interviews and then hired at the 121 and 135 operations I applied to were the aviation qualifications on my resume...not anything else.
Good luck to you in your job search...I fear you may need it.
04-12-2007 | 07:42 AM
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Sorry man...but those "other credentials" simply don't make up for lack of flight experience. For over a decade pilots with 500 hours or less have successfully completed training and safely flown regional jets, and I'm sure you'd be no different...but PLEASE don't think those three items somehow make you more qualified for a job.
04-12-2007 | 07:46 AM
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04-12-2007 | 07:47 AM
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You cannot be that naive.
There are airlines that will hire lower-time pilots out of specific college aviation programs (Purdue, UND, ERAU, Parks, etc) because those folks are, by and large, a known quantity when it comes to the quality of their training and the depth of their knowledge. They have proven their ability to succeed in training. That said, a college degree is NOT a requirement at the regional level, although it is always "preferred".
A CFI? Yeah, and so are 90% of 121 pilots. That won't help you any (outside of building flight experience) unless you instruct in a program that has some sort of guaranteed movement to an airline (ATP, MAPD, DCI, etc).
I also have an aviation degree, hold a CFI-AIM, and served in the ANG...didn't do me (or anybody else I know in a similar position) any favors when trying to get a job. What got me interviews and then hired at the 121 and 135 operations I applied to were the aviation qualifications on my resume...not anything else.
Good luck to you in your job search...I fear you may need it.
There are airlines that will hire lower-time pilots out of specific college aviation programs (Purdue, UND, ERAU, Parks, etc) because those folks are, by and large, a known quantity when it comes to the quality of their training and the depth of their knowledge. They have proven their ability to succeed in training. That said, a college degree is NOT a requirement at the regional level, although it is always "preferred".
A CFI? Yeah, and so are 90% of 121 pilots. That won't help you any (outside of building flight experience) unless you instruct in a program that has some sort of guaranteed movement to an airline (ATP, MAPD, DCI, etc).
I also have an aviation degree, hold a CFI-AIM, and served in the ANG...didn't do me (or anybody else I know in a similar position) any favors when trying to get a job. What got me interviews and then hired at the 121 and 135 operations I applied to were the aviation qualifications on my resume...not anything else.
Good luck to you in your job search...I fear you may need it.
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