new eagle mins?
 

just heard thru a buddy of mine who flies the 135 for eagle that they are lowering mins to something unbelievably rediculous (and scary). whether he is right or not on the exact number, he says it is in the ballpark of 300TT and 75 Multi.
true?

I have also been hearing for months from SkyWest captains that they were going to lower mimimums. Still waiting for that one to happen. (Yeah right)

wow!!! That is starting to get rediculous. Maybe if they give you a domicile and a/c before training then they will get applicants that have more time. I know that I woul be more inclined than worrying about if I am going to be in San Juan or BOS.

SkyWest just passed on 2 qualified applicants with 200/1350. Gee I wonder who one of them was. What a bummer.

My Captain this month works in recruitment for Eagle, mins are 1000/100! and they are not changing! Unless you are in a bridge program 500/100.

*Eyes pop out of socket, and unbuckle ERJ145 seat belt*

well tell the idiots to get rid of their astronaut physical, and tell people what bases and AC there going to get and im sure people would consider them

Mesa is 200-something, ie wet commercial. (I assume they require a ME rating, but don't know the time needed)

Well that's not a big surprise if it happens. Pinnacle hired guys with 280TT and 25 multi.. Hats off to him. I could see Eagle doing that because they are hungry for pilots right now.

How hungry? Are we really talking about 300 hour regional FOs?

It doesn't matter much. They will be flying with some of the most experienced and well trained captains in the bidness.......for 8 years or so(before they upgrade). Who cares if they only have 400 hours.

yea but they're RJ captains, so they're scum right HMP? Even though there's a lot of mainline AA/TWA drivers there, they are in fact RJ pilots, so they are just wrecking the industry. They should've turned those jobs down! What self respecting mainline driver would willingly fly a RJ. They should've immediately went to Colgan or Big Sky to fly a prop. Only there can you be a self respecting regional pilot. Btw, still waiting for that response on that other thread.

ASA has/had them (or so the ASA CA roommate tells me). Personally, I'd love to see a flight school motto that says "Building a bridge program one ASAP report at a time." :D

all of AMR sucks. as a side note, when you jumpseat on big american, they never give you first class even if its wide open. every other airline gives jumpseaters a lot more respect. i hate all of AMR :)

All of the AWAC guys that commute on AA from DFW/STL/ORD/DCA must have been exceptions then...

When I worked for Corporate Airlines, I hated AMR with all my heart as well. However, I flew AA a few times in the spring (military orders & my honeymoon) and AA customer service went totally above and beyond and provided me excellent service in the face of multiple equipment mechanicals. Now, as a paying passenger, American is my very first choice.

This has been my experience too, but I got a ride on eagle this week (SWA was late) and the CSR, FA, and pilots were all really nice about. Never say never...