"That is why our partnership with American Eagle Airlines allows our flight school graduates to become a pilot with them with 400 total hours and 850 hours of multi engine experience."

wow thats alot of multi time

This is a "valid AE Approved program" according to your recruiter who I met with at a FIT Melbourne, FL, Career event, that's how I found out about it! Also note on the AE Careers Pilot Page, next to the 800 TTL is an "*" which = "Flight time requirments are commensurate with experience", this legally lets them say your ERJ Sim experience is so outstanding that we can lower your TTL requirements..... http://www.americaneaglecareers.com/Jobs/Pilots.html

That was on Oct 3, 2007. I'll pm u the named source if you would like, but yes it is true......ref the "850 ME Hours" that's a typo on RAA'S website, and is suppose to be 85.

I just thought AE would step up to the plate, settle Letter 3, and make an offer acceptable and incentives for new hires to come fly for them, till they get their 7-9 year upgrade.

As far as doing this program and then getting the Saab or Atr, the recruiter stated if you do this you are guarnateed the jet, but only at the bases where they have openings, and right now (Oct 3) they are in need at ORD and JFK.

If anyone is going to the Embry Riddle Career Fair on Nov 7 & 8, Eagle will be there, feel free to ask for yourselves, and post what reply you get. I would imagine they are doing this to entice "lower timers" to come over, so they can feel proud they didn't "lower their standards" by lowering the TTL time, and the guys/gals are coming in already trained, so they should pass training with no problem, and AE isn't doing the Mesa thing of blowing so much money on trainees.......Now with that in mind, if they don't get a "happy ending to Letter 3", I forsee AE being the next Mesa/TSA, pilot training ground........just my .02

so what happens to the turbo prop bases? how does eagle convince people to go there and fly waiting for the 7-9 years till they can upgrade and 10+ to hold a line as a captain?

Any reason it advertises AE and has a Comair RJ on it?

What a joke.

"Are you tired of having airlines pay for your initial training? Well fret no more! RAA has you covered, where you get to take your American Eagle training and checkrides and pay for them yourself! But wait, for a limited time only, not only will we give you these fantastic things, but we'll also allow you to get trained on the same material a second time at American Eagle, because the first one was just "practice training", and didn't actually count for anything! Act now and we'll cut the cost from a 30 year fixed mortgage to only 25 years! That's almost a week of free training! Call 1-888-BENDOVER to secure your deal now!*"





*Must be 18 or older and have a pulse to enroll in this program.

That's funny I didn't notice that, I bet the AE People wouldn't be too happy about that, although it doesn't have the "name" of the airline, so maybe it's just a pic for those SJS kids to get an erection off of :D

You think mesa will try to petition ATP mins and create a PFT program for captains? :p

I heard that 'well qualified' applicants are supposed to call 1-800-BigRigs to sort out equipment issues.

Thats nothin. At FSA the mins for AE are 330TT and 30ME after their course. TSA/ASA no minimums.

good for them. now everyone can live the dream. i think everyone should be happy, that means more people underneath you on the seniority list