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Originally Posted by dashtrash300
(Post 870467)
Do they mean ANY failed checkrides? Who cares if you failed your private 10 years ago? I think what they are looking for are 2 or more failures with the airlines. That is what I would assume they are talking about. I guess if you failed a bunch of your training checkrides then maybe they would care.
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Originally Posted by andy171773
(Post 870325)
FAA is apparently really really far up their butts. That's what i've heard.
Recency is HUGE with Eagle. Also, they're not taking people that are "too experienced". Pretty much everyone i've talked to with 2000+ hours are being turned down. I guess since they don't want people with too much expirence they want a yes man who is easily intimidated and gets uncomfortable hand flying to less than 1 mile vis and 800 foot ceilings. :rolleyes: If you come from a background with real day to day expirience (such as 135 frieght in a northern climate) I guess either you know what you're doing or you're a cowboy and they don't want anything to do with you. |
Eagle will not hire anyone if they have failed a check ride that's on the PRIA meaning the last 5 years. Pure and simple. They can afford to be picky.
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Originally Posted by BZNpilot248
(Post 870505)
That seems rediculous to me. So if I had some hard lessons learned while taking CFI rides 7 years ago that makes me a bad pilot but 2500 hours of multi 135 time (3 years worth) of frieght flying (on top of 3 years teaching) with checkrides every 6 months and no problems still makes me a bad pilot? or worse? :mad: They need to look at the big picture a little bit more - if they want fewer accidents they need to hire professionals that have meaningful expirience, not a 500 hour CFI who's done nothing but teach landings and 8's on pylons that was gods gift to aviation and managed to pass all his checkrides, but that doesn't mean he has the expirience or attitude necessary - it just means he did good on test day. What matters is how they fly and what kind of safety attitude they have when no one is looking, or when an examiner isn't in the other seat.
I guess since they don't want people with too much expirence they want a yes man who is easily intimidated and gets uncomfortable hand flying to less than 1 mile vis and 800 foot ceilings. :rolleyes: If you come from a background with real day to day expirience (such as 135 frieght in a northern climate) I guess either you know what you're doing or you're a cowboy and they don't want anything to do with you. |
Originally Posted by CaptainTeezy
(Post 870303)
Hey guys I have read that Colgan won't interview you if you have more than 2 checkride failures, and American Eagle will kick you out of an interview if they find out you have ever failed a checkride.
Is there any truth to this? That you could be invited to an interview and then just sent home simply because you failed a few check rides back in your training days? |
Originally Posted by dashtrash300
(Post 870467)
Do they mean ANY failed checkrides? Who cares if you failed your private 10 years ago? I think what they are looking for are 2 or more failures with the airlines. That is what I would assume they are talking about. I guess if you failed a bunch of your training checkrides then maybe they would care.
However it would make more sense, and be more realistic, if they were talking about 121/135 training. |
Originally Posted by CaptainTeezy
(Post 870516)
From what I have understood, they are referring to pre employment checkrides, Private, instrument, commercial, CFI, etc.
However it would make more sense, and be more realistic, if they were talking about 121/135 training. |
So the PRIA only shows the last 5 years? If you failed a checkride that was 6 years ago, it won't show up?
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Originally Posted by CaptainTeezy
(Post 870516)
From what I have understood, they are referring to pre employment checkrides, Private, instrument, commercial, CFI, etc.
However it would make more sense, and be more realistic, if they were talking about 121/135 training. |
Originally Posted by andy171773
(Post 870325)
Also, they're not taking people that are "too experienced". Pretty much everyone i've talked to with 2000+ hours are being turned down.
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