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What kind of hours are guys getting on with? I just sent them my resume on airlineapps and recieved the email back saying they would like me to gain more hours. Im at 550 and 135 multi. I dont have a bridge program or anything so i guess that is why i got turned down? Thanks for the help.

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Originally Posted by Bobs98tlr (Post 218184)

What kind of hours are guys getting on with? I just sent them my resume on airlineapps and recieved the email back saying they would like me to gain more hours. Im at 550 and 135 multi. I dont have a bridge program or anything so i guys that is why i would get turned down? Thanks for the help.

Lowest I heard in my inteview group was 750. He also had FE time.

Several guys in my class with 600TT or less

I think I've heard somewhere that 700 was the magic number, but it sounds like 6 hundo might do the trick.

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Originally Posted by DMBinHBurg (Post 217993)

Actually being gone 4-6 weeks without visiting my family is a deal breaker for me. I'm not going to leave them for that long just to make 19k for that job.
If I ever do decide to become an airline pilot I will most likely go with an airline that has training within a few hours drive along with living in domicile.
Thanks for the info.

On that note, we all make sacrifices for future opportunities, including having to be away for 6-8 weeks. However, after you get done with training and are sitting on reserve, time at home is going to be pretty scarce, but if you live at that base it will make that time home last a little longer. So a 6-8 week payment up front is can be worth it to allow you to live at your domicile and not have to commute or move. It's not easy for anyone to be away from their loved ones for that long, but sometimes sacrifices are what it takes to make things happen. So if you can find an airline that happens to have a domicile where you live and does their training there, more power to you.
These are the kinds of sacrifices that can also include working at a regional airline in general. Call it making an investment in the future. For some, it’s worth it; for others, not so much.

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Originally Posted by Airsupport (Post 217632)

i will clarify a few things in this post since traveljunky was either fired from pinnacle, or he is a disgruntled worker (all of his post are pinnacle bashing and he has contributed nothing to this message board except that). he is correct. you are not an employee till you pass your checkride. ground school is what you make it. i learned a lot during the ground school portion and felt very good about being prepared for my oral exam. ground school isn't hard, but you get out what you put into it. the hotel is the worst you will ever stay at.. nuff said about that. most of the instructors now are line pilots who were bought off. and brad was a furloughed delta guy who was called back, so if returning to your previous job is "jumping ship" then yeah, i guess he did. we are a great pilot group, but far from struggling under nwa. we are struggling because of ourselves, not from outside sources. nwa signed a 10 year contract with us, delta signed a 10 year contract for us, so the business is there. what we need is to stick together as a group and force management to see things our way. i feel very optimistic that this management will see it our way by the end of october.

Is the hotel really THAT bad? Do people ever get a room to themselves? How is the neighborhood?

The hotels that Pinnacle stays at MEM are either Homestead (long term), and Radisson (right by the airport, for short term). Homestead is pretty close to the training center, Radisson is good for recurrent training because they provide on-demand shuttle to Flight Safety.

The training center/Homestead neighborhood is pretty bad, as is most in the vicinity of MEM airport. History includes carjacks, shootout, break-ins. If you stay inside at night, lock your doors, it's okay. Do not venture outside (i.e. go out for a friendly walk/jog), unless you wear kevlar.

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Originally Posted by flyingsioux (Post 218437)

Is the hotel really THAT bad? Do people ever get a room to themselves? How is the neighborhood?

ok, let me tell you a little more. the hotel itself is ok. free breakfast, nice rooms, most rooms have big fridges, stoves, and plates. that all comes in handy during training. take your perdiem check, fill the fridge up and you can eat for the entire time you are their, without spending a lot of your check on eating out. so the hotel itself isn't that bad. the staff could use some help, but they probably live in the same neighborhood and that is why the area is so bad. anything around the airport in mem is trash. within a 5 mile radius of the airport there is a murder, shooting, etc, etc, every night. the area is horrible. so unless you are into gold teeth, shooting the homeys, and picking up the hookers on brooks, then you wont like the neighborhood and i would recomend not venturing out around the area. when i was in training we would drive to germantown to do our shopping. i liked the area so much we bought a house out here, and have been very happy with that decision.

I remember reading something on Pinnacles website (I think) that said that in addition to raising the pay during training they were going to allow trainees free standby passes to fly home during breaks. Some kind of recruitment tool I guess, although I haven't been able to find it lately. Did they discontinue this, or never start it to begin with?