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Originally Posted by OkStateBryan
You literally just quoted the two lowest paying (and some would say worst) regionals. Most airlines are paying a decent chunk more than that.
I know exactly what I cited, and I did it using data from this website.
I also cited the norm for other operators; Horizon, Skywest, etc, offer 33,000, which is, as stated previously, the best one can do with the "better" regionals. 33,000 is not a "decent chunk."
The original poster wants to know how to get around needing a type rating when an employer sets a requirement for a type rating. It's simple, really. Be the most qualified one applying for the job.
Employers are able to require an applicant to hold a type rating when the employer is able to get applicants with type ratings. If the employer needs a pilot and can't find one with a type rating, then the employer has no choice but to type a pilot.
What an employer advertises are sometimes called "hiring minimums," but they mean very little. What's important are competitive minimums. Competitive minimums are what an applicant must have to compete with other applicants. If an employer sets a requirement for 1,000 hours total time minimum, but every applicant shows up with at least 12,000 hours, then the competitive minimums, or in other words, what one actually needs to get the job, are north of 12,000 hours.
If an employer does not have a requirement for a type, but numerous applicants have a type rating, it may not be a published minimum, but it's a benchmark that someone is going to need to be competitive anyway.
If an employer advertises a need for a type rating and no applicant has a type rating, then the competitive bar has been lowered. Either the employer goes empty-handed and hires no one, or the employer must consider typing an applicant. In that case, if you've applied but don't meed the published requirements, you may still stand a chance. It's a cinch that if you haven't applied, you will get zero consideration.
How to get hired without a type? Apply and hope you're the most qualified, or go get the experience like everyone else. There are a lot of pilots who tried to run before they could walk, tried to bypass the line, and got a job with little PIC experience, etc. When it's time to upgrade or find another job, the individual is still underqualified and finds it difficult to move on. He or she may need to go do something that gets them more experience, whether it's flight instructing or flying piston freight at night, or whatever they can get.
Pilots remain a dime a dozen. Lacking something that makes them stand out, it's the better qualified, more experienced, more educated, more (fill in the blank) pilot that's got a better chance at competing for the job. One can worry about it all day long or get started gaining more experience and bettering one's qualifications in order to compete.
Additional qualifications outside of sitting in the pilot seat can help secure employment. I got my first jet job for an advertised position of pilot/director of maintenance. Additional skills may make one useful enough to be worth typing, over another applicant that's already typed, and there are companies, of course, that prefer low experienced pilots because they're less likely (or able) to take the type rating and run.