Any Advice for the CFI's out there clearing 16k?
#31
Sitting on APC and realizing the "competitive" 600/50 I have is no longer even close to competitive. Any career advice would be awesome, and go a long for those friends of ours out there including myself, who all had their interviews and classes classes "postponed indefinetly." Thanks, and in the words of goose "Maybe I should be a truck drive?"
#32
hen Keep flying your Cirrus around and leave the airline flying to us! There are many more of us old dogs out there that grinded out thousands of hours to be competitive for a regional job than the 500 hour newby's out there!
And I will keep flying my Cirrus, until I get 1200 total time and then I'm going to find a 135 job, because I want to learn as much as I can from this aviation thing. I want to have flown a large variety of planes, etc, but that's a personal choice.
I understand that you guys had to work your a$$es off to get a regional job, but that doesn't mean it was right then or now. But to b--ch and moan about guys getting in with 500, 600, 700 hours, and then say you're happy that things are going back to the "Good old days" when you worked for 10 years to get to a $14,000 a year job is a bit hypocritical from the same people who talk about "raising the bar" and "pilots deserve more pay."
And furthermore, if you "grinded" to get all those "thousands" of hours, why are you still in an Emb-120?
#34
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 336
Oh, and this is a very small industry!
#35
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
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#36
Who the hell do you think you are, judging him like that? Quit playing judge and jury and get your head out of the clouds
#37
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
Position: Former EMB 120 Jr. Water Boy, CRJ newbee
Posts: 373
Pretty simple. I was hired.......they were filling a class for the EMB.....thats where I went. All company need! I would not trade my time in the 120 for anything and I have enjoyed every min of it!
#39
I'm not saying the EMB-120 is a bad airplane, but with your attitude I thought you'd be flying... oh, say the space shuttle? Respect is a give and take type of deal, and if you want respect then you probably shouldn't be so hypocritical. I'm sure you're an awesome pilot and hopefully you're not as much of a jerk as you come off as, but perhaps you should read the rest of my above post.
#40
I hate to sound of doom and gloom, but I think the supply side of the hiring equation is going to increase dramatically in the next six months. Specifically, in my opinion, we haven't seen the last of the airline bankruptcies nor have we seen the peak of pilot furloughes which in my opinion may commence after Labor Day.
Unfortunately, for the reasons listed above pilot-demand (employment opportunities) may shrink dramatically and jobs will become a premium and quite possibly min. quals. for hiring may become more stringent.
I hope I am wrong, but I think we are just seeing the beginning of a turbulent time in the airline industry.
Best of Luck to the original author of this thread, it will be a tough road.
FF
Unfortunately, for the reasons listed above pilot-demand (employment opportunities) may shrink dramatically and jobs will become a premium and quite possibly min. quals. for hiring may become more stringent.
I hope I am wrong, but I think we are just seeing the beginning of a turbulent time in the airline industry.
Best of Luck to the original author of this thread, it will be a tough road.
FF
Last edited by FliFast; 05-22-2008 at 11:35 AM.