I have been averaging about 800 per year. But I haven't been trying hard. If you try hard you can probably get 950 in a year. And if you try hard the other way you can do fewer than 500. We had guys on reserve who flew about 150 hours in their first year or so.

 

Hi,

I guess you feel the same as I do about Indoc. I was on July 22 class and has been following your post before I applied, so thanks for your tips also. I've heard the same thing about jumpseat before IOE but I think it'll be starting couple classes after me. Didn't heard about extra sim time when I was in training though, but, did heard from my instructor about the company is changing Indoc after system class or after.

See you on the line sometime.

 

i interviewed in DCA on the 18th and got a call the next day with the offer and my choice of class date. I chose the 15th cause i needed two put in my 2 week with my company i work for now.

 

Line awards at Air W....
How long does it take to hold a line?

 

Recently, due to a relative shortage, people have been holding lines in PHL right out of training. Attrition is not extreme, but it is enough that at most you should only have to wait a few months at most. For a while we had had pilots on reserve for a year or more. That sucked. Overstaffing meant that they were sometimes going 30-40 days without flying.

Regarding the changes in training, they are orienting it more to the pilots we are getting now. That means low-time, no-121-time pilots. Nothing wrong with that (we've all been there and I was hired in Switzerland with 260 total time) but it means a change in expectations and procedures.

For a while the washout rate was getting a bit high. The company doesn't like that for a number of reasons. So they are trying whatever they can to bring up the success rate. Shuffling training events, adding CPT and sims, jumpseating, etc. I think that the jumpseating will help.

They want everyone they hire to finish training, that I can guarantee anyone who cares.

 

Anyone else get an interview with Air Wisconsin lately, and not hear back from them? I was told to send my stuff in, and we'll call you.

 

Are you talking about a call for an interview, or a call for a job offer? If you're refering to a call for an interview, I had to wait about 2-3 weeks to get one. The call with a job offer came rather quickly.