Regionals hiring at 300 and 50
 

All of the Regionals out there are short for various reasons, but if you're worried about your flight time, go to Piedmont. It pays as well as any airline to start and you can build 121 time or wait for them to merge with PSA in about 2010. Whatever your motive, its a job, and they'll take you at whatever your flight time. There is a written assessment and a cake sim ride. Once you've passed the test and don't crash the sim, the rest is fluff. They'll take 350TT and 25-50 mt. (Reguardless of what school you went to)
It's not the best regional, it's not even the best Dash-8 operator. But it pays ok, you'll get as much flight time as you could want, and with the possible exceptions of UPS and Fed Ex, no airline is a sure thing.

Captjhan, do you work for PDT?

Ya 300 hrs gets you a 25 year pay scale and a 6 year upgrade!

No thanks

Do you have an email address to send the resume to? I have found two different ones online and do not know which one is correct.

Go to TSA, fly a jet, and upgrade in 2 years or less.

I have emailed resumes twice to TSA, and no response. Any ideas? I exceed their minimums and have a degree.

Wow way to miss the point of the thread.

You used Mesa to get you to where you are now. Why couldn't someone use Piedmont?

Of course you'd say "no thanks" to this offer - you already have a 121 job that you want to stay at. Believe it or not, there ARE people out there that aren't in your position just yet.

How's that saying go? If you don't have anything useful to say don't say it? Something like that.

Well...that 'll be around the age I'm eligible to upgrade! lol:o

You're wrong I did not go to mesa just to get "two years" in the right seat of a jet, and then move on. Would have done it in like 6-12 months... I had enough of their crap, do you think I really wanted to start all over training, first year pay, and senority. Come on! The mistake I made is that I went to the first airline that hired me, big big mistake! Don't go to a regional just because you meet their 300/50 mins flight inst. for another 4-5 months and go to a better regional, but if you want to use Piedmont/Tsa as a stepping stone go for it and really use it as a stone.

It only takes 4-5 months more to get the hours for a quality regional... you will definitely appreciate it in the long run. Not really many excuses since almost every flight school is hiring these days. Read some posts on TSA and Mesa then think about what each individual is doing to the industry and themselves in the long run.

300 and 50 seems kinda high.....

http://airlinepilotcentral.com/resou...070412222.html

Never thought in a million years that I'd hear those words. I remember when 1000 seemed low to some people. Oh, how the industry evolves...:D

The industry is cyclical. There is a shortage now that will last about 5 years, but once the Majors replace the retiring force, and once the expansion is over with, there will be a slow down again.

Tsa
 

I haven't seen yet why TSA isn't a decent place to work, FOR NOW. Maybe I'm just lucky or it has been worse in the past. For now, I think it's ok.

Next month, no FO's on reserve. Worst line has 13 days off a month.

I'm sending in my app. to TSA in two months! I'll see you there!

13 days off? not bad?? What???

Figure the average joe at a cubicle has 8 days off a month. Worst line is 13, I don't think that's too bad. Not great but not horrible.

average joe goes home at night you go to a hotel.

Well...uh...at least you dont have to wash the bed sheets! Or clean the toilet...or....or....uh.....ehhh....Or pay for cable! And, uh....pay for hot water......And you get a free continental breakfast in the morning; now that makes it all worth it! :D

Average joe goes home at "night" only to do the same grind "early" the next day. I haven't flown a single day that was identical to a previous. Would you rather work 8 hours in a cubicle? If so, I respect your choice but it's definitely not for me.

Look at this!!! I have been here since last month and already have 263 posts! Low Fuel has been here since 2005 and has 130 something. That's sad. I really do have an addiction problem.

All I'm saying is you shouldnt be jumping for joy with 13 days off especially when your away from base on averge of 330hrs. A fair amount of days would be 15/16 days off but of coure senority dictates that. I was a second year fo at mesa and only saw one bid where I had above the min 10 days off. That 13day line at TSA is probaly blocked at 95hrs, if they could put more flying on it you would easly be down to min days off.

Where did I say that? I said you used Mesa to go to another company. I wouldn't say that was "wrong". That's exactly what you did! :)

Your point is taken about other places hiring at low times. Might as well instruct a few more months then go to the place you want to hang. However, hiring can change on a whim, what is competitive now might not be in 6 months.

The one I'm looking at is blocked for 91, and but it also has *every* weekend off (Yes, Sat and Sun). And in theory I've got just enough seniority to hold it. Been here 3.5 months.

Yeah, it's a lot of TAFB, but I commute so it doesn't matter much to me. Gone is gone, RTB's don't help me.

Hey, I just tried to submit my app through Airlineapps and it told me that you are required to have an inside recommendation. Could that be why you haven't received a call yet?

I guess so. I did not do the airlineapps application, I just emailed my resume to the address on the TSA website and the pilotjobs.com website.

I AGREE. Build more time, then REALLY write your own ticket. Right now the airlines are in the driver's seat and low timers are NOT! Work a little bit more, build some more hours, THEN YOU are in the driver's seat getting to CHOOSE who you want to work for.