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01-16-2012 | 08:23 AM
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Flying a TP is great fun and you actually get to fly. But I am starting to hear more and more that given two equal candidates, the jet guy has bigger chances.
01-16-2012 | 09:13 AM
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In the particular example I recall it was jetBlue, where the guy said if he had two exactly equal candidates but with one time in jet and other in TP, he would take jet everytime. Which has taken our captains into their ranks, and many other TP drivers. But I am sure there is more then one recruiter at jetBlue.
Flying a TP is great fun and you actually get to fly. But I am starting to hear more and more that given two equal candidates, the jet guy has bigger chances.
Flying a TP is great fun and you actually get to fly. But I am starting to hear more and more that given two equal candidates, the jet guy has bigger chances.
01-16-2012 | 09:59 AM
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I've noticed that some of the biggest proponents of jet time are the ones who went to a regional, maybe chasing a quick upgrade, and have been stuck in the right seat of that jet for 5+ years. Perhaps trying to justify that?
01-16-2012 | 10:55 AM
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Yea well I have been flying a TP for the past 4 years, and have heard this from our captains who have been out there interviewing and talking. Of course they are getting picked up. TP isn't discriminated against, but in the minds of some recruiters, if you're going in to fly a jet, then they want you to have jet time...
Also look at any job postings over-seas that don't require a type-rating. They all want jet time. TP time need not apply is pretty much the flavor of the month, and being that I want to get out of the ****ty U.S industry, it is frustrating and a fact I am very aware of.
Also look at any job postings over-seas that don't require a type-rating. They all want jet time. TP time need not apply is pretty much the flavor of the month, and being that I want to get out of the ****ty U.S industry, it is frustrating and a fact I am very aware of.
01-16-2012 | 12:32 PM
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That's funny...isn't chasing the quick upgrade the reason most people went to Colgan, even though the working conditions sucked? I'm not trying to be a tool...just keeping you honest.
01-16-2012 | 01:10 PM
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Six one, half dozen another - we all want to get our time and get the hell out of these places.
Prop guys take the low pay in exchange for a quick upgrade (in theory), the jet guys take a longer upgrade but have better living conditions should things tank out and they get stuck. I would say there's no right or wrong way, it's just an individual risk/reward assessment.
01-16-2012 | 03:11 PM
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Are you kidding? If I were a recruiter at Delta, I would hire a B1900 guy over an RJ guy any day of the week. The B1900 guy will know how to FLY the airplane because that's what they have to do with no autopilot. It's all RAW flying which would make that guy much more proficient. I'm not saying that an RJ guy doesn't know how to fly the airplane because that would simply be a lie but some RJ guys would be more apt to rely on automation rather than flying the darn airplane. I don't know who the hell told you that flying a jet takes more skill but I think that you're HIGHLY mistaken.
01-16-2012 | 04:44 PM
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Are you kidding? If I were a recruiter at Delta, I would hire a B1900 guy over an RJ guy any day of the week. The B1900 guy will know how to FLY the airplane because that's what they have to do with no autopilot. It's all RAW flying which would make that guy much more proficient. I'm not saying that an RJ guy doesn't know how to fly the airplane because that would simply be a lie but some RJ guys would be more apt to rely on automation rather than flying the darn airplane. I don't know who the hell told you that flying a jet takes more skill but I think that you're HIGHLY mistaken.
01-16-2012 | 05:14 PM
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Six one, half dozen another - we all want to get our time and get the hell out of these places.
Prop guys take the low pay in exchange for a quick upgrade (in theory), the jet guys take a longer upgrade but have better living conditions should things tank out and they get stuck. I would say there's no right or wrong way, it's just an individual risk/reward assessment.
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