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Anyone know if colgan has hired any street captains yet?

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Originally Posted by CubCAPTAIN (Post 238348)

Anyone know if colgan has hired any street captains yet?

Yes, class of 6 started this past monday from what I hear about 20 street captains have been/will be hired.

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Originally Posted by MudPupppy (Post 238352)

Yes, class of 6 started this past monday from what I hear about 20 street captains have been/will be hired.

So they get the same seniority number a new FO would right?

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Originally Posted by CubCAPTAIN (Post 238355)

So they get the same seniority number a new FO would right?

Yes, but it is still 20 less openings for current FOs

I got the interview w/ my 570 hours over someone w/ 2000 hours... time doesn't mean anything if it's sitting scratching your butt in the right seat. What are they hiring with in Europe for 737s and A320s and what were the mins back in the 60s here????????? On another note... my friend has 2300TT, 1100ME, 125 Turbine PIC (Beech 99)... any chance on the street CA hiring?

The memo said the 29th class finishes off the eligible FOs for upgrade, so it seems as if they are just filling in the holes until more FOs are ready

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Originally Posted by CubCAPTAIN (Post 238376)

The memo said the 29th class finishes off the eligible FOs for upgrade, so it seems as if they are just filling in the holes until more FOs are ready

Yeah the question is what is the definition of eligible FOs, I flew with an FO last week more then ready to upgrade with about the time requirements yet he's heard nothing.

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Originally Posted by cessna157 (Post 238292)

I disagree here. 121 training is very rigorous and strict. When you come out, you know how to fly the airplane and know what to do when things go south. What's the difference between a 600 hour pilot and a 1000 hour pilot? 400 hours as a CFI in a 172? Or better yet...a seminole?
Once you study your butt off and receive a commercial license, Instrument rating, multi engine, and type rating, you've proven to many people that you know how to fly. Yes you pick up techniques and experience after a while, but it doesn't mean you're an unsafe pilot until then. There are 1500 hour pilots that have problems with a king air, and there are 600 hour pilots that could handle a CRJ single pilot into JFK. It all depends on the person

With the a/p defered right?:D

i'm ready, got the atp mins take me!

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Originally Posted by cessna126 (Post 238334)

Didn't I pass the same 121 check ride at 1000 hrs (not all PIC) that someone with 3000 hours would of gotten?

Does anyone remember back when they earned their private pilot certificate, the examiner saying something along the lines of: "Think of this as your license to learn..."

When I got my CFI cert (after the private, after the instrument rating, after the commercial cert, after the ME add on) after a few hundred hours of CFI flights, I though to myself, wow, I didn't realize how much more I had, and still have, to learn!

Passing a 121 ride is certainly a big achievement. However, it doesn't mean you don't have room to keep on learning, and learn a lot lot lot more. Most of the learning a pilot has to do is from real world experience. The classroom stuff is there just to give you a framework through which to understand the experiences you have out in the real world. I know that I still have plenty of room to learn more.

So, in actuality, the 121 ride you have at 1000 hours is NOT the same as the 121 ride you have at 3000 hours, or 5000 or etc. The boxes on the paper might be the same, but you are a different, more experienced pilot at each one.