Originally Posted by PCLCREW (Post 776296)

Thousands of guys/gals have been in your shoes... deal with with it. The rest of us did.

Originally Posted by proskuneho (Post 776303)

I have a lot of respect for those who earn their way and treat "younger" pilots with dignity and actually help. I don't have any respect for the 300/400 hour wonders that got lucky during a serious hiring boom and never had to do what we have to do to scratch for turbine time. Between flight instruction and management, I have worked at flight schools since 2001. I want out! I want to fly an airplane and not a desk!!

Originally Posted by proskuneho (Post 776278)

Thanks for the info. What bases are they offering?

And all you guys that are so smug because you got hired with a "good" regional when you had 400 hours and 25 multi can have a little respect for those of us who didn't get so "lucky". A lot of you guys cracking jokes never had to work at a flight school at all. People like me that are going to the interviews have instructed for several years. After 1100 hours in a Cessna 172 and over 500 hours in light twins, there isn't anything else that can help my career but turbine time. People like me have paid our dues and still have YEARS to wait for ExpressJet, Skywest, ASA, etc. Might as well get some turbine time while I wait. More recip time won't help much once you meet the hours for ATP.

Originally Posted by proskuneho (Post 776303)

I have a lot of respect for those who earn their way and treat "younger" pilots with dignity and actually help. I don't have any respect for the 300/400 hour wonders that got lucky during a serious hiring boom and never had to do what we have to do to scratch for turbine time BUT STILL SMUGLY SNIPE AT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE WORKED AT FLIGHT SCHOOLS FOR YEARS TO MEET ATP MINS. Between flight instruction and management, I have worked at flight schools since 2001. I want out! I want to fly an airplane and not a desk!!

Originally Posted by PCLCREW (Post 776305)

I started in 2001 also and Im on my 4th airline... I feel for you man, but the airlines are not always the answer. Just food for thought.

Originally Posted by davispm1 (Post 776297)

Because a friend of mine who is a FO for NetJets and was also a captain for ATA in the past applied to Colgan and they called him and said that he was "too heavy with experience"...he had 5000+ hours, now, if this doesn't keep you up at night I don't know what will, I will never let my wife and kids get on a colgan flight,,, I had a friend who I instructed with was hired by Colgan about 9 years ago was on a ferry flight to reposition to get the A/C fixed and sure enough the plane was not airworthy as the mechanics said and crashed in the water off of the Cape in the north east... just two pilots onboard...Colgan is trading expiereinced pilot for having unsafe people up there, I know that is bad to say but there are alot of highly tained guys out there...