Hiring Minimums
 

I've been reading about all these hiring minimums 600/100, 800/50 and so forth.

But I am curious how accurate are they. What I mean is the airlines posts a certain minimums to apply with them, but realisticly what are the requirements to get hired? An airline may post 600/50 on their website, but does that neccessarioy mean they will hire you with that?

When talking about regionals, yes.

A regional will generally at least consider you, depending on how many responses they get. There is a shortage of entry level airline pilots who meet the traditional 1000/100 requirement, so the competetive mins are coming down. However it always helps to have an internal recomendation.

I have even heard that some applicants are considered below the posted minimums.

For Example....
 

TSA Minimums:

Pilots
FAA Commercial pilots license with instrument and multi-engine ratings

ATP preferred

1,500 total hours fixed wing

500 multi-engine

A current first class FAA medical Certificate

Education - HS graduate required, 2 years associate degree or equivalent is preferred


But will consider someone with a paper multi commercial and an instrument rating.

When hiring minimums are dropping they're realistic - when they bottom out or start to rise - THEN you may need additional qualifications to be considered. But right now, commercial pilots license and a pulse (pulse optional) and you WILL be considered for hire.

I doubt it, who's hiring with a commercial? What's the interest for the company to hire 250 hour guys, that's a guaranteed failure in ground school.

1000 hours doesn't help you get through ground school. The 250 hour types have more trouble in the sim and on IOE (ever heard one talk on the radio at ORD :rolleyes: )

Hiring Mins
 

Check out http://airlinepilotmentor.com/Airlines.aspx for hiring mins for most regionals. Those numbers are the posted mins for each airline but alternate mins can be lower if you have trained with an approved/bridge program.

Wow...what a waste of my time. That website is terrible.