Just out of curiousity for those of you who got offered two jobs in this market what were your times like? I still got a good ways to go instructing and am wondering whats the times to shoot for these days between min and what will actually get you a call back and hired.

You fool..

j/k, good luck

It's all about who you know right now...hang in there. A lot of hiring is going to happen this spring. I think we will be in the majors in 4-7 years. Good luck!



Btw...1600/450....haven't flown in 2 years.

Thanks for the encouragement im at 800/60 right now CFI/CFII/MEI begging scraping and clawing away to get hours just keeping my fingers crossed that the school im at stays open long enough to get there. seems like every month as of late has been a slow one.... its sure is fun though :)

Relax...your time will come. I was like that one year and half ago. Just remember do your PIC time (at least 1,000hrs PIC). Don't hurry the process, because you don't want to be stuck in the right seat for life. Just be sure to be at the minimums by 2012 when the boom starts.

Try to find if you can a Part 135 VFR ops...and combine it with the flight instruction. (that's how I did it and I'm just waiting the final call for Eagle) Work hard, stay out of trouble with the FAA, enjoy every experience you can get, stay IFR proficient, even if you're flying VFR if you can shoot an approach do it and you'll see results at the end. I know the hardest part is to find ME students! ;)

This is my humble recommendation.

This are my flight times if you're wondering... 1,300/115, CFI/CFII/MEI/ 135 experience/ NO TRANSPORT CAT or multi crew experience.

2012 boom? Don't waste your money on Kit Darby's propaganda.

Wise choice IMO. Enjoy!

So several months have passed since the original post. I'm curious to see what everyone would say now. Let's renew the question of the orginal poster: Eagle or ASA?

Both are good. Go where you can live in base or move to a base. If those aren't options, pick the one with the shortest commute.

I got hired at both. I took the ASA job, but I live in Atlanta. I have a friend at Eagle who has been there about 6 months longer than I have been at ASA. His relative seniority appears to be higher, and it looks like Eagle is hiring more than ASA is, so movement could be better there, but either one is good.

Good luck! No commute is priceless!

Just saw an internal email that ASA is planning for 36 additional new hires.

Thats it? Seems a bit light considering its competitors.

Which competitors? As in ASA is competing for new hires on merits of how many each airline plans to hire in the near future?

I would say 36 seems quite light, but what do I know?

Eagle is hiring 600 this year. Or, trying to.

So ASA is hiring 36 and Eagle is hiring 600. If you were new to the 121 world and you had both opportunities, which would you choose?

If I was new I'd probably choose Eagle. Knowing what I know 19 years in, I'd choose whichever one has a very large and stable base where I want to live (ie ATL, DFW or ORD).

Keep in mind: ASA & XJet will soon be the same (Q3 '11). So, to make a fair comparison (mid to long term), ASA is hiring roughly 300

True, but will someone who gets picked up on the ASA side likely sit on reserve for a while? ASA/Xjet is mostly hiring for the Xjet routes...

So... Anyone else want to chime in? ASA/Expressjet or American Eagle?

im in the first week at xjt... the word around the schoolhouse is that they are offering 200% pay for picking up trips.. sooooo understaffed. Lots of hiring to come on that side... the place seems to be geared up and working like a swiss clock. Its a very well run ship from what Ive seen... and they keep saying they need pilots badly; like yesterday. hiring will continue on the xjt side for a while. They are saying if it keeps going like this not to expect being on reserve for too long.

That would be fantastic. I just got hired for the ASA side of the house, and I'm really looking forward to it. I don't think I will get off of reserve as quickly as you though..

Good choice. Anyone going to Eagle will probably be furloughed a year or two after it is split from American Airlines.

Just another opinion about the current situation at eagle. Not a fact...

Isn't this fact?
"AMR first indicated it was exploring divesting American Eagle in 2008. But the industry's financial crisis of 2008-09 caused the Fort Worth-based company to table the idea.


Last June, it announced it was taking a fresh look at spinning off American Eagle."


AirportBusiness.com » Article » Is it time for Eagle to leave AMR's nest?

True- the divestiture has been off and on for the past decade

Thanks. I hope things work out for all the people @ Eagle too, but I still think that ASA is the best choice for me.