regional airlines hiring like mad

[Citabria]

just fyi

commuters just barely keeping up with turnover rate of pilots transitioning to the Major Airlines by accepting pilots with as little as 200 multi and 500 total flight time (which is almost nothing compared to previous standards of 500 multi 1500 total flight time)

[Maverick]

wish I had my commercial and multi.....

[iculus]

What about an AH pilot with plenty of sim experience?  

[rfa]

 

Very good news.

[Ozark]

Yea, The turn over is high and some start First Officers at little over $16K/year. Then as a bonus, you get to fly Junkstream 31's. (well, thinking about a large regional in the mid-west anyway)

However, if you find a good regional carrier, your get your ticket punched.  

[Suave1]

16k/year ! You're toejamtin me, an E3 in the military makes that much .

[Ice]

The push to hire is on with the Major Airlines as well...hmmmm....inexperienced pilots flying longer cycles under pressure by the Airline to be more and more profitable?

No thanks, I'll fly myself

Or with Toad at Delta....he still flys hands on...what a concept!

Ice

[Ripsnort]

 

Originally posted by Ozark:
Yea, The turn over is high and some start First Officers at little over $16K/year. Then as a bonus, you get to fly Junkstream 31's. (well, thinking about a large regional in the mid-west anyway)

However, if you find a good regional carrier, your get your ticket punched.  

Interesting, I started off as a Radial Saw Operator for Boeing in 1979 at a salary of 16k a year.  

[Hajo]

think last time I made 16K a year Grover Cleveland was President.

[vadr]

Yep, busted my tail earning a Commercial ticket and getting near 1000 hours with 200+ Multi in the early 90s while I waited for the 'hiring boom' to come. Now it shows up and I can't afford to take the pay cut.

Commuter Pilots are waaayyyy underpaid.

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[rfa]

What's wrong with the Jetstream 31?    You must be thinking about Continental Express or Atlantic Coast Airlines.

BTW, I did a internship with ACA, and their minimums for interns are 600 total and 100 multi.  


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[Daff]

Who wants to fly S&L anyway  

Daff

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[BigBen]

I saw today that Commutair (Beech 1900Ds, US Airways Express affiliate) here in NY is offering about 17K for green FOs.  Specifically, $18 per flight hour after a 90 day probation at $16.  82 hours guarnteed per month.  Do the math.  Poverty!  I'm working on commercial right now, so I've got a ways to go before I can even think about it.  It's rough- I'm 25 (getting old for flying profession) and I'll have to take a huge pay cut to build time like that.  Not to mention It will cost me 2X annual salary (for green FO) for the training, forget about the starvation wages flight instructors make while building the time to qualify for that green FO pay!  Keep the eye on the prize, I guess... no wonder turnover is high.

[-ammo-]

hmmm  16K wasnt that long ago for me, as an E-5 with 12 years in the USAF today.

[rfa]

But who cares how little a J31/32 or B1900 F/O or even Captain makes.  By 3-5 years they can hit a national or major airline and make triple digits. ...you guys heard about the new UAL contract?