pancake bunnies rock!!!! im still not quite shure what it means.....but they still are awesome!!

 

Great. I can't wait til I'm a crotchety old crj 3000 captain decades from now and have to not only be captain, but sign the 16 year old FO's logbook with dual given toward his cert.

 

They can keep lowering the minimums as low as they want. It won't help much cause TT isn't the problem. Multi time is the problem cause thats the hardest one to get.

 

Actually it is kind of a Russian Roulette type of chance. I am a Comair FO and had 6000+ hours when I came to Comair. Another Comair FO is a Delta 767 Capt. retiree and another is retired Air Force F-16 fighter pilot and another FO I know of came to Comair with 2000 hours in the CRJ.

While they might hire some lower time guys they hire a lot with a good amount of experience. So to think every time you get in a CRJ the pilot in the right is a sandbag is not true.

Since the regionals have done away with the turboprops for the most part there is a pretty good gap from the equipment the new hire has flown to the CRJ. But it seems that the system works as the Captains I have flown with all seem to be very competent pilots and can completely handle the aircraft by themselves if needed.

The only time I sweat riding in back is when the Capt goes to take a wiz. LOL

 

Well I would like to add I know man guys with 15 years that have never declared an emergency...so when they will have first time too. Aslo I have flown with some guys with 15,000 hours that downright scare me...it really is all the individual...remember the military gives very low time guys the keys to some pretty high prfomance stuff...and a button for a nuke...so lets just be fair and say that times have just changed and those of us who spent a lot more time getting to the right seat of a jet may...just may, be a tad jealous,that, there is now a fast track.

 

Why doesn't Eagle lower their mins like everyone else since they have such a shortage? They need people just like everyone else.

 

I thought delta was going go sell comair?

 

They haven't "decided" whether to sell Comair or keep them...but what does that have to do with Comair lowering their minimums? They're going to need pilots either way.

 

Of course they will be sold...they are just careful about what they say. One thing is for sure, DL doesn't seem at all interested in awarding them any new flying. Anyway, Comair was my first choice and I had been beating the door down for over a month and was never invited for an interview, so best of luck to those guys, Im going to stick with Mesaba who called and hired me first and at least has a good amount of growth coming.

 

Hard to say if we'll be sold or not. I think if it hasn't happened already, it aint going to anytime soon. But then again, tomorrow could be the day. And we have been picking up more flying, not much or anything new, but we are taking back some of the Dash8 flying from JFK and we've actually been able to keep two of the 70's that were supposed to go to ASA/Skywest, but I think thats only temporary.