As a side note, are there any regionals out there that will still give you an interview with 600/50?

I'm not SAYING you guys didn't pay your dues. What I'm saying is you don't have to be such pricks to those who happened to have better luck- why not support them? It's called progress! If it was your a$$ getting called into the interview with 500 hours, you sure as hell wouldn't be turning it down.

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?

Go fly part 135 in Alaska. You'll make more money and get some experience that can't be had anywhere else.

Why are we still hammering guys that got hired with lower times? We are share the dream to be a pilot, some are luckier than other. Why so much "I flew 3k hours before I got picked up to fly, and his kid with 500 hours got picked up the very same job" Seriously, this is got to stop. How you think lower time guy feel if he's flying with a captain that think like you do? Come on, and please prove how unsafe is it that guys got hired with lower time? Because you have to work little harder to explain to the guy? Please just help each other out for crying out loud! It's not the guys fault he/she got hired with 500 hours!

Oh, and this is a very small industry!

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 :rolleyes:

Thank you! Couldn't have said it better... I wish this forum had a respected user list...

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!

Join the military. It'll be one of the best moves for your personal and professional development. You'll hear a lot of talk about which service is the best, but to be honest they are all good.

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. ;)

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