tsuchiym

Does anyone know if Eagle is hiring below their stated minimums of 1000 and 100? I know they have bridge programs with Purdue, ERAU, UND, etc., however, I was a grad from Purdue but was a Aviation Admin major not flight. I see on some gouge sites that people got hired with less than 700. Anyone have any info?

KiloAlpha

Eagle has a long upgrade time; just some food for thought.

GitRDone

I applied to AE with 610TT, 143multi and 13years within the AMR corporation and was told to reapply with 1000tt. Seems the people they have been training with less than 1000tt have been having difficulty with the training regiment. I have heard on more than one occasion that Eagle's training is top notch. Very highly regarded program.

777AA

The lowest we heard............................

400tt / 100 Multi

Eagle is NOT getting any more AC, Expect $15-$20,000/year for 10 Years!

BeaglePilot

Dude what is your problem with eagle???

BeaglePilot

Sounds like its gonna be SJU ATR FO for him!

GliderCFI

Eagle is a good stable regional- if you are an investor. Supposedly AA is starting to call back some of their pilots that were sent home, and hopefully Eagle will start upgrades again. I don't understand why they are hiring so many though...according to the info on this site, their most junior captain was hired about 7 years ago. It's also on an SF340. I'm a student at Middle Tennessee State, and they just opened up a bridge program with us...500 TTand 100 multi. Sounds like a good plan, but a friend of mine just got on with about 700 and 150 at Expressjet. I think I'd rather wait. Maybe some of you guys that work for either of those companies could provide more insight.

directbears

Good luck at MTSU. I'm an alumni from there (1995).

Anyway, DON'T DO IT!
I was employed with eagle for a little over 6 years and left the industry in frustration and some other personal reasons. Don't listen to anyone who is currently employed at Eagle. They will tell you how stable it is, how it is a "major airline", just about anything to justify (to themselves and others) as to why they are still there. Granted the industry is unsafe right now to go hopping around to various airlines, but I wouldn't and didn't want to make a "regional" airline my career airline.

Eagle is an OK place to work at(as far as some of the pilots and flight attendants, and a SMALL handful of Management types), and a place where you can build FO and Total time, but they have a LONG LONG history of LONG upgrade times, and I wouldn't count on that changing anytime soon. As for my personal experience there, I had the opportunity to upgrade THREE times at eagle, and each time that opportunity was taken away from me at the last moment (BizEx buyout, 911, and AA flowbacks). So that and a couple of other personal reasons drove me out of the industry.

If you aspire to get onto a "real" airline, or at least be able to apply to a "real" airline (requiring sufficient 121 PIC time) I would go somewhere that offers quicker upgrades. Yes those types of places are (maybe) a little riskier as far as the company's stability, but if I was to do it again, I would take that risk rather than sitting in purgatory for 6 to 10 years as the dummy in the right seat.

You NEED the 121 PIC time if you want to move on in your pilot career. I have several friends who got into the flying business after I did, and they ALL went the way of the quick upgrade type companies, and they ALL are now flying for good companies (SWA, UPS, AirTran).

In the end, it comes down to what you want and what you expect of your pilot career path. Good luck.

GliderCFI

Thanks for the info. If you're MTSU alum, then I'm sure you are familiar with MTSU express...aka, Regions Air, formerly Corporate Airlines. I'm thinking of a place like that or other similar type operator, Great Lakes, Colgan, etc. Low mins, quick upgrade, and still PIC turbine.

directbears

GliderCFI,

Yes, I am familiar with Regions Air. In fact I know the DO there. Many of my friends flew there, and several of Regions/Corporate Air pilots went on to AirTran. Some also moved onto SWA. The upgrade if pretty quick last time I checked. If I were to get back into it (flying that is), I'd probably go there or try for some local cargo gig. Rumor is (Rumor only) that Regions Air might be getting Saabs sometime in the future.

Also, have you tried Averitt? I think you would fly out of BNA or Crossville. I believe their headquarters for the flight dept is in Crossville. Check it out.

Good Luck!