Thought they were having some issues with low time pilots in training. Just got an e-mail saying they are taking apps at 350 and 50. WOW!

 

I see the times have been updated on APC, but last I checked it was still 400/50 on the AE website.

 

Yeah the website still says 400/50 but like I said I got one of those "come to our interviews" e-mails. Says 350/50.

 

I just got the same email from AE



American Eagle Airlines would like to announce upcoming First Officer job fairs and changes to our current minimums. We are now accepting applications with 350 hours of total time and 50 hours of multi time. For further details regarding minimums and upcoming job fairs, please go to our website at www.americaneaglecareers.com.


Upcoming Job Fairs:

April 5, 2008-Chicago
Holiday Inn Select ORD
10233 West Higgins Road
Rosemont, IL 60018

April 12, 2008-New York Area
Marriott LGA Airport
102-05 Ditmars Blvd
East Elmhurst, NY 11369

At each job fair, a presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will be followed by a Q & A session and prescreening interviews. First Officer interviews, consisting of a Human Resource interview and a Technical interview, will be held at the hotel for qualified pilots.

Pilots selected during this interview process will be scheduled to come to Dallas to complete the simulator portion of the interview. Please bring a resume’ or complete an application online at www.americaneaglecareers.com and bring the application with you to the job fair. Details regarding current minimums and other requirements for an interview can be found on our website.

American Eagle currently has domicile selection program, with selection from available bases made prior to the start of training. Please email Karen at [email protected] for questions regarding any upcoming job fairs.





Karen Floyd
American Eagle
Pilot Recruitment
American Eagle Career Video

 

Here is a thought MGMT PUKES raise the pay and maybe you will get more applicants. It amazes me these idiots running things will do ANYTHING they can to keep pay down, makes me sick. They would rather lower hiring requirements and compromise safety just to save money. This should be all over the news.

 

Wait till the capt I'm flying with gets a load of this hahe...

 

People keep applying and getting hired. Look at how many forums there are that say "I have 250/25 what regional should i go to?".

So long as there's demand, there will be supply.

 

There is a reason why AE mins are lowering. AE used to be a place where they wouldn't even consider you until you had 2000 - 3000 hrs.

I'd think long and hard before going to that place.

Just my 2 cents.

 

they're lowering mins because the majority of individuals want to upgrade sometime this decade....(which will come to a close shortly) but in the past, it has proven to be a fairly stable and "good" company, just terrible that things stagnated so much over there causing them such a pain when it comes to recruiting pilots.

 

Eagle can adjust mins to attract more pilots and get quick results without any real financial penalty. If they raise starting pay to $50k then they will be stuck paying that until the contract is up for negotiations next, which will cost a hell of a lot more than putting low time pilots through extra sim and IOE training. It is very sad to say, but until someone puts one in the ground and lack of experience is a direct cause then we wont see changes. Everything in this industry is paid for with blood.