He had submtted everything on Airline Apps and had one of the recruiter's contact numbers about a month ago, but he only had 50 multi hours at that time, and they were requiring 100. Once they dropped to 50, he called the recruiter again and left a vm, and about a week later, he got the "reviewing your app" email. Three days after that he got the "you are invited to interview" email.

Great, he's only got 50 multi hours which means he has to do the jet-bridge or whatever and the last we heard there was a month wait to get into those classes if he's even selected.

Well so that means that he have to take the ATP regional jet standards class, which still don't mean he's hired by Eagle.

After he pass the ATP course and starts class in DFW, that first day of class in Training Center is his date of hire. I see a very tight time but it can be done. Good luck.

Yes, that's what it means-it will be tight. Fingers crossed!

Any idea how long the regional jet standards class takes?

It takes six days to complete. Not sure on how long to schedule.

Flywife

Not to worry, if he is hired by Oct 11th, it will years before being close to an AA mainline jet, remember they have to go thru all the recalls, flow thrus, then work their way down the AE list. By the, jobs at FDX, DL, UAL will also be opening. I strongly suspect that a rather small percentage of AE guys will actually become AA mainline pilots, if there is an AA mainline in 10 years.

But, hey, what do I know, I've only been associated with the industry since the "Great Pilot Shortage" of the late Sixties. I still have Flying magazine ads telling me I should be approaching retirement flying a Concorde with Pan Am, Eastern or United.

Fortunately, I had a very realistic father who insisted I could fly ONLY if I had a plan for "real" employment. The Seventies looked a lot like the last ten years BUT there was no Regional factor, just unemployment.

GF

I wouldn't expect him to have a job with ANY major for a long, long time, so truthfully, you're right-no need to worry at this point. I'm realistic and possiblty a wee bit pessimistic, but I think you have to be to be able to handle the ups and downs of this career! At this point, we are thinking maybe he could just retire as a captain at a regional. He is 36 already (did a mid-life career change). Maybe this is a foolish thing to say, but don't the regional captains make decent money? Considering he brought in $8k as a flight instructor last year, we have very modest ideas of what "decent" money is!

Flywife

With 29 years, I'll bet your hubby has a decent chance at retiring as a mainline captain. If he gets on in the coming hiring cycle, it's possible. "Mid-life career change", huh? He hasn't reached mid-life, yet. Best of luck, he certainly is a lucky guy in this business having a champion like you!

GF

I immediately regretted saying "mid-life!" He's definitely still a youngster-we don't even have kids yet, but I'm not opposed to having them at 40! That's encouraging to hear that he could be a captain at a mainline! He never even mentions it! Thank you!