I just saw an ad on climbto350.com that stated that AirNet was accepting applications without a specific required minimum time. Is this true? I have a slightly difficult time believing that AirNet would need pilots this badly but I wanted to put it in this forum to see if their ad held any truth?

What do you think?

***Editing because, well D5Pilot posted it***

I guess they are, I stand completely corrected. Very suprising also.

From Airnet.com
Flight Crew Opportunities Flight Crew > Highlights | Training | Requirements | Pay & Benefits | Apply | FAQs

Pilot Application Requirements/Guidelines

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Minimum Flight Times to Apply
Competitive Flight Time Guidelines
Hiring Pool Flight Time Recency Guidelines

• 25 hours flight time per month
• 10 hours multi engine, last 90 days
• 10 hours instrument, last 90 days

Like I said.... it was posted on climbto350.com... if you don't believe me check it out for yourself. Now, it may have been a clerical mistake but it is there and I did try to copy and paste it as proof but that did not work.

I just wanted to know what others thought about it and if they thought it was true or not. I already know what is posted on the AirNet site so I thank you for posting it but it is unecessary.

belliott what type of time do you have? Are you interested in airnet?

Climbto350 is posting no minimums to apply!

I have 1500+ with enough MEL.
Will they issue an atp upon training complete?

You will get an ATP after your first year as SIC in the Lear. So one year after you upgrade to the Lear and you are due in simuflite for recurrent training.... Airnet will pay for your ATP and type rating in the lear.

I don't have access to the ad, but no minimums to apply doesn't really mean much, does it? They could hire a low time guy as SIC in the props, but that doesn't help with their shortage. I can't see them hiring low time people straight into the right seat of the Lear. What do they gain from this, aside from having a bunch of apps from 250-300 hour guys that they can't use?

I think that they can gain a lot from hiring low time guys right now... more specifically I think that if they offer this job to low time guys now they can breed them into the type of pilots that they want. Plus, having two guys in an aircraft extends the duty day... at least I believe that is correct. Redundancy and added safety are pluses that shouldn't be overlooked. Once these low time pilots have the needed hours to move to the left seat I would imagine that they would continue to work for AirNet for a few more years before looking elsewhere. This isn't an instant solution but I believe that overtime they will have less of a difficult time finding and retaining pilots.
I think that every cargo carrier like AirNet should be doing this... but then again what do I know?

Just my thought...

But........here's the catch. Now you have to pay 2 pilots for the job of one. Not only that, you're probably paying for someone that can easily jump-ship once they get their year in etc... It's really going to be tough for the next few years for the 135 freight guys just because the way the airlines are soaking people up. Why fly a Baron/Chieftan/310/Caravan when you can fly a shiny jet. It's a tough thing to fight against.