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01-10-2008 | 07:12 AM
#31
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From: MD-88 FO
Hiring minimums are commercial multi, but you still have to get through training, which is indeed no easy task. Rumor has it that we are not hiring less than 300 TT due to high washout rates, but I haven't seen it officially.
To go from 300 TT to captain in 10 months would require some incredible timing, considering you would have to fly 120 hours every month for 10 months straight, including reserve. My average on reserve as an FO was about 40 hours/month, but I know that the reserves are getting used much more now. I was hired with 650 TT, upgraded as soon as I hit 1500, and it took about 15 months, FWIW.
01-10-2008 | 11:46 AM
#32
On Reserve
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Lakes?
FWIW- Lakes pay might not be up to par but if you want to avoid sitting in an RJ as an FO for 3+ years, you can upgrade quick. After you get your time you can move to a good paying job. We've recently had pilot's hired at Frontier, Northwest, Delta, NetJets, Collita, and Alaska within the last 6 months.
01-10-2008 | 02:25 PM
#33
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Flying a 1900 from Denver to Farmington isn't exactly a threat to mainline scope clauses, and we got our industry-bottom contract the honest way: Incompetent negotiators and pilot apathy. Besides, the other guys can afford their own beer with those fat RJ paychecks they get. 
KiloAlpha, Lakes could be a place for you to do your penance. As desperate as we are for captains, a guy with ATP mins and prior 121 experience will get upgrade class at his discretion. Passing upgrade is a whole other story. The only real preparation you get for upgrade is what you pick up on the line and the gouge you collect from people already going through. Besides, going from GoJets to Lakes has got to do some kind of irreparable damage to your soul (though I'd still call it a step up).
cfii2007, people are getting hired here with little more than a comm/multi. Washout rates are high, so it's up to you to be as prepared as possible. A couple hours of pattern work in a 172 may not do the trick. In answer to your other question, Lakes was awarded EAS contracts connecting Visalia (CA), Merced (CA), and Ely (NV) to Las Vegas, picking up where Mesa/Air Midwest wants to leave. The current rumor is that the flying will be done by Brasilia crews starting in February. On the other hand, it took the guys in Cheyenne more than six months to get their **** together in STL, so the time table is really anyone's guess. In all likelihood, Vegas (like STL) won't be a base but a five-day trip, bringing the plane out on day one and going back to Denver on day five.
KiloAlpha, Lakes could be a place for you to do your penance. As desperate as we are for captains, a guy with ATP mins and prior 121 experience will get upgrade class at his discretion. Passing upgrade is a whole other story. The only real preparation you get for upgrade is what you pick up on the line and the gouge you collect from people already going through. Besides, going from GoJets to Lakes has got to do some kind of irreparable damage to your soul (though I'd still call it a step up).
cfii2007, people are getting hired here with little more than a comm/multi. Washout rates are high, so it's up to you to be as prepared as possible. A couple hours of pattern work in a 172 may not do the trick. In answer to your other question, Lakes was awarded EAS contracts connecting Visalia (CA), Merced (CA), and Ely (NV) to Las Vegas, picking up where Mesa/Air Midwest wants to leave. The current rumor is that the flying will be done by Brasilia crews starting in February. On the other hand, it took the guys in Cheyenne more than six months to get their **** together in STL, so the time table is really anyone's guess. In all likelihood, Vegas (like STL) won't be a base but a five-day trip, bringing the plane out on day one and going back to Denver on day five.
I've got about 1100/10 and want some more multi before I even think of applying.
01-10-2008 | 07:26 PM
#39
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Lakes INTERVIEW TOMORROW
Found out I have a interview tomorrow with out much time to prepare. Any recent interviewees have any advice for a low time flight instructor who needs to move up quickly?
Are they still using the Frasca?
What approaches have they been using in the interview?
ANY information would be helpful thanks.
Kathleen
Are they still using the Frasca?
What approaches have they been using in the interview?
ANY information would be helpful thanks.
Kathleen
01-11-2008 | 08:48 AM
#40
Swearing at the FMA
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From: MD-88 FO
Mins are low here, just like everywhere else. Due to the low mins virtually everywhere, we're having a tough time filling classes.
Found out I have a interview tomorrow with out much time to prepare. Any recent interviewees have any advice for a low time flight instructor who needs to move up quickly?
Are they still using the Frasca?
What approaches have they been using in the interview?
ANY information would be helpful thanks.
Kathleen
Are they still using the Frasca?
What approaches have they been using in the interview?
ANY information would be helpful thanks.
Kathleen
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