Retiring Mil/E175/DEN
03-01-2018, 08:24 AM
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Same boat, put your apps in ASAP. The amount of time they are in the system matters. Especially airlines with application windows. They want to see you have applied in the last X number of windows. It took me exactly one year to the day at a regional before I got hired at a legacy. It just takes time. last fall, I happen to run into a chief pilot in the airport that I had flown with in my previous mil life. First question he asked "have you applied?" Then he went up to his office, pulled my app, and put me on the list to get an interview. Now I'm just burning time at OO waiting on a training date enjoying the 175. Use whatever regional for their training to get a 121 training event under your belt and a few line hours. Helps a lot in your interview to tell them you are military trained with part 121 time. Checks two boxes.
Originally Posted by Out West
Can’t answer for him on currency, but I can answer for another retiring mil guy.
I’m current and qualified and on terminal leave for my retirement. I have no unfavorable info other than low total time (ATP in hand,) no failures, etc.
No calls. The advice given to me was go to a regional and get 121 time, so, I’m going to a regional. Just the way it is.
I have an interview next month with SKW, probably with PSA once I complete my app, and still keeping everything updated. Yes, I would prefer to go straight to a legacy or FedEx, but they aren’t calling. So some of us are just doing what we have to do.
No offense taken nor intended, but the seemingly widespread notion that a mil pilot just need apply to one of “the bigs” is absolutely false. Some have - but so have some other OTS hires. I’ll be happy to be learning the 121 world and maybe even be able to make a better decision of which major to go to should I ever be in the spot to choose.
Cheers.
I’m current and qualified and on terminal leave for my retirement. I have no unfavorable info other than low total time (ATP in hand,) no failures, etc.
No calls. The advice given to me was go to a regional and get 121 time, so, I’m going to a regional. Just the way it is.
I have an interview next month with SKW, probably with PSA once I complete my app, and still keeping everything updated. Yes, I would prefer to go straight to a legacy or FedEx, but they aren’t calling. So some of us are just doing what we have to do.
No offense taken nor intended, but the seemingly widespread notion that a mil pilot just need apply to one of “the bigs” is absolutely false. Some have - but so have some other OTS hires. I’ll be happy to be learning the 121 world and maybe even be able to make a better decision of which major to go to should I ever be in the spot to choose.
Cheers.
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