Street Captain Regionals
 

I was recently told about the possibility of "Street Captains" and was wondering if anyone knows which companies are currently looking to hire straight to a captain position. I am currently out of the military and have a total of about 1600 hours and am getting my ATP. I have about 600 Turbine PIC hours. I would also appreciate a brief opinion on the quality of life/pay at that airline if you have any more knowledge on that company.

Thank you all for your help.

I'll just say you don't have the qualifications to be a street hire captain. Not even close

Street CA's
 

Not to burst your bubble - but you have to have 1,000 121 time to be a 121 CA.

If I'm not mistaken the requirement to be a 121 Captain is 1000 hours of 121 time and the FAA will count up to 500 hours of your military time toward that 1000 but no more. That being said you would need to log 500 hours at a 121 outfit prior to being eligible for upgrade. So the question should probably change from "who is hiring street captains" to "where can I log 500 hours the fastest and then be eligible for upgrade?"

There are a few places offering what you are looking for.

1600 hours and no ATP, and you are ready to jump in the left seat.
I want some of that stuff you are smoking.

So far I appreciate the professional and respectful comments. Where are the places I can look at that will get me those 500 hours quickest and hopefully a decent company to fly for?

Where do you live? Are you willing to move? The best QOL move you can make is to live in base.

I currently live in Annapolis, MD. I would be willing to move however I would hope to find a base somewhere in the mid-atlantic to northeast region.

Understandably the commute would be a negative impact on quality of life but what would the schedule look like (understanding company dependent but is there a regional average)?

A lot of us coming from the military really don't know quite how the civilian aviation world works. Part of that stems from lack of exposure- unless you're in a guard unit, a lot mil pilots haven't gotten a lot of exposure to airline pilots during the dark ages of hiring, where until recently most of the people we knew were staying in to retire, or going into non-flying gigs.

I only started to have friends flying for various airlines in the last 24 months. Beforehand my only exposure to 121 pilots were the old reservist who'd randomly show up to my squadron, scare the **** of me during hot seat night contact requal flights in order to fly with students under the hood to go get a burrito and not really have a lot to say when asked how they liked life at their company, but were really looking forward to retirement.

Most former military make poor FO's for the first year or two. It is a steep learning curve.