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10-05-2016, 09:10 AM

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Flyhayes

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Originally Posted by daOldMan

Being such low time, the Dash might help you transition to the jet.

Eh, how do you mean? The Dash will make you a better pilot for sure seeing that it takes more than flying a jet.

10-05-2016, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Da Magic

I'll be honest. Flying the RJs is much easier than flying the Dash in terms of Multi-Engine charactistics. Typed in dch-8, 145, and crj for what it's worth.

Don't worry about the experience, it's the regulatory needs that you should concentrate on.

10-05-2016, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by daOldMan

You might want to ask yourself if you belong in a regional jet with that few multiengine hours, and how successful you will be in training if you only have 6 hours in a multiengine airplane.

We had a few guys in my class that had to use their sim hours toward the 25 hour multi requirement and they did fine and made it on line.

10-05-2016, 09:49 AM

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We had a few guys in my class that had to use their sim hours toward the 25 hour multi requirement and they did fine and made it on line.

Exactly! It's not like your flying B-25's, at the airline level its about stomping on that pedal and centering the ball and maintaining heading and V2 or greater. They don't design these things to try to kill everyone on an engine out. Well... The Chinese seem to show otherwise...

10-05-2016, 10:06 AM

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Have you considered partnering up with someone else to get the remaining hours, ie splitting the cost where one or both of you is a cfi and can both log the time.

Also, most of these regionals have signing bonuses, can that money be used to finance what you need?

10-05-2016, 10:51 AM

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Doing what I can to split time, hence the 2k-4.5k range . 2k would be all split time, 4.5k would be all on my own. I'm gonna reach out to piedmont to see if they can't give an advance on that signing bonus towards flight hours

10-05-2016, 12:00 PM

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Rjet requires 50 hours of actual multi. Sim time does not count. I interviewed last week.

10-05-2016, 12:08 PM

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and that Regionals would hire 250 hour wonders....Your point?

They also required reading comprehension.

10-05-2016, 12:09 PM

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Rjet requires 50 hours of actual multi. Sim time does not count. I interviewed last week.

That's not what I was told by John.

10-05-2016, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TimetoClimb

That's not what I was told by John.

That's what was explained to me. I interviewed at a college career fair and not in Indy if that makes a difference. We even broke down the math on how much time I needed and how much time FTI would cover on paper. Who knows