I have to advise you to stay where you are for now. Pinnacle has many obstacles to overcome to secure a future in this industry. As a junior, you shouldn't be entertaining any job offer before you graduate anyhow. Get the degree. Nobody will EVER be able to take that away from you.

That's one thing that really torques me.

"I go to school A and I have a guaranteed job"

Really? There is no such thing. Tell that to your WMU admissions officer.

If you sign on the dotted line cause you have a "guaranteed job" at a regional, you're a fool. The regional biz is so much up in the air that you can't predict who will be hiring and who will be furloughing from one day to the next.

The whole idea that you can train at a certain place and "get a job" at a certain other place smacks of so much BS that I'd highly double check on any school that makes the claim. Especially in today's regional hiring environment. GAWD.....

Western does not guarantee anything of the sort to its students. As a former student who just graduated, I know first hand that there are no guaranteed jobs, believe me, I applied. I also know that WMU is also not hiring CFIs at this current time, but there is a possibility of a few being hired once the fall semester gets underway.

So this student is wrong on both of his claims of being guaranteed a job.

This student is either drinking some strong kool aid, or is grossly misinformed. Just thought I would clear that up.

"This student is either drinking some strong kool aid, or is grossly misinformed"

There ya go. Guess you can never tell....

WEll when it comes to making decent money what a lot of you need to realize is that $29/hour does not always translate into a decent paycheck... At an airline you have a guaranteed number of hours paid... teaching you could get 80 hours one month, and 20-30 the next 8 months (as has been the case with me)... I sit around for 6 of my 8-10 hours I am at work doing nothing because of a drop off in student interest. Don't ever look at the dollars per hour and think that should be a selling point... if there are no students, you will be filing for welfare and food stamps in no time...

I think the old Mr T commercial from the 80's applies here...."Don't do drugs, stay clean, stay in school, get your cfi/ii/mei."

and wear enough gold chains to put the plane over max gross. But who cares?it looks cool

Can anyone tell me about hiring pools? I was in the first interview for the pool, when I was called she said there are only about 8 in the pool. My question is do they go in order of your interview date or do they pick the most qualified of the now 100+ in the pool? Thanks for any info.

Just another thought that I havent seen thrown out yet. Get the CFI, get to work and that can help you network into other flying work. I have gotten invaluable experience from my flight instructing days. I do agree that if the airlines is where your heart lies go ahead get into the pool. Then while you are instructing take any chance you can to get extra flying. In corporate flying the first thing all of the PT91 captains I know do when they need a contract guy and one of their regulars are not availible is look for a CFI. Trust me there are a bunch of heavy iron corporate guys out there who remember where they came from and are more than happy to give you a hand up. Also as on this forum some of the best networking is the other CFI's who you work with.

Good Luck

The majority rule is that they pull you out in the order of which you where interviewed. But, there are a few oddball companies that will do it in whatever order they like...