Whats up with the hiring here???

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:18 pm

eemami,

When I was 25 I had university education, 4000 hrs and turboprop time, I think 25 is more than reasonable to sit in an Airbus. Maturity counts a lot more than age.

B-777 · Post by **B-777** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:57 pm

remember your experience get you to the interview...
your performance at the interview get you the job...
that's all I have to say...I understand that it could be month before you get an answer...the question was asked at the interview by others that I know...and the interviewers did not have a clue that such a thing happened...
there is obviously a blockage somewhere, but someone must be told to hold on, or to make the phone call to put you on course...what 's best to wait for a bit or get the PFO...different debate...

from what I know you perform really well and they want you, you get the job within 4 weeks...you don;t do so good...you wait in the pool..until they run out of people who out performed you..simple...
good luck...remember anybody can fly an Airbus...600 hrs pilots, 20 y.old do it in europe.....

Front. · Post by **Front.** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:35 pm

bede, just out of curiosity, how did you manage 4000 hours considering you were probably busy full time on claiming a degree. There is obviously exceptions, but you have to agree with me, there are not many of 25 year olds who fly for Air Canada, i don't think.

Since i am also up on taking the degree way to pursue a career in aviation, I would like to know how you achieved 4000 hours in that short amount of time.

wingtip · Post by **wingtip** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:35 am

Eisa,

I have three uncles, one flew with . Yeager, one was fleet captain on Concorde and the third had 10,000 hrs at age 21... see how easy it is to make unbelievable claims on an anonymous forum...

BTW, at the moment, 25 at a tier 1 carrier is rare but not impossible.

nofoodforyou · Post by **nofoodforyou** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:46 pm

this is totally possible.

I had 4500TT, a Bachelor degree from ERAU and was 27..so I can easily believe "Bede" could have it too.
You can do an online course in the same time you fly full time..it is lots of hard work, but possible.

Age doesn't matter as long as you are a mature person with set goals...

Front. · Post by **Front.** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:41 pm

if i was not to do it online, i would not have 4500 hours i think eh? because there would be no allowance of time.

Because i am probably going to take on the Coastal Pacific Aviation program that has a bachelors of business admin to the side of it. I would graduate with around 300 hours from the school. I will be doing my PPL this summer and get my Night Rating as soon as i get my PPL signed off at 17.

Then i was thinking of just doing vfr flights, would that be okey? or would that be counted as "rich ass kid having his mommy paying for his hours" kind of deal... Because alike all you guys here, I would like to have the max hours possible "realistic" when out of college, so i can be somewhere above the others graduating and perhaps getting a job somewhere.

F-16 · Post by **F-16** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:34 am

Hi there,

someone may want to set me straight here, but I had been informed in the past that some aviation colleges might not allow you to get flying jobs in the summer semesters or while going to school as a condition of enrollment.

I don't know if this is true, however, it might be something for you to consider depending on what goals you set for yourself - because there are some jobs out there that are seasonal (summer), or will let you fly during the school year, and if you can snag one of them, you might be fortunate enough to come out of school with 500 - 1000 hours and get a head start on the game.

cheers.

Front. · Post by **Front.** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 9:09 am

well i wasn't thinking of getting a flying job while in school, i was thinking of getting one when i come out of school, so i was just wondering how i could get hours to get that headstart when out of school. Personally i thought paying to go up flying works for me, but then the employer might get the impression that once again "mr rich boy having his mommy pay for his experience" and i don't want that. I want to get descent and good looking experience down on my resume when i apply for other airilines. What would you suggest?

Also, in terms of the 4th year, i can either go on and take a class 4 instructor rating or learn crew environment setting in their 747 simulator. Which should i do? which is to my benefit?

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:07 pm

No food for you,

I did the same thing with ERAU.

Wingtip,

My name is Francis Hane, I'm a CRJ FO at Jazz. At least I'm willing to back up my claims and not be anonymous.

Cheers,

yycflyguy · Post by **yycflyguy** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:24 pm

Hey Bede did you do a DCA-YYZ flight on Saturday June 24th? I thought that was the name of the F/O on the flight..... small world.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:51 am

Sure did.

You weren't by any chance the guy who took tail 160 from us? I thought we were taking the plane to Nashville and got out for some food and left my stuff in it. As I came back, I saw "my" plane being pushed back.

If you're the guy who put my stuff al nice and neat into my bag, thanks alot. I need my 10-9 page though.

yycflyguy · Post by **yycflyguy** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:11 am

Nope, I was just deadheading in 1C to operate a YYZ-ATL-YYZ.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:09 am

Oh OK. I hope you like'd my landing.

Front. · Post by **Front.** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:19 pm

oh i am sure they did, if they didn't well, try to land a CRJ yourself.

Though i don't know what it's like, it sounds like it's kind of wierd and hard. Please correct me if i am wrong.

WJ700 · Post by **WJ700** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:22 pm

Good on you Bede. I had a guy in my WestJet groundschool in 2003 who was 26 and 4500 hours. The guy who is about number 3 on the seniority list was a 26 year old skipper (ten years ago) and had 5000 hours at the time.... his nickname is still Jetboy.

It can be done but always impressive to hear when it happens.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:35 am

Personally, what I did is not really that big of a deal. C3 had a 27 year old captain a few years back flying the A330. I've heard of a 23 yera old A320 skipper in Europe and Fedex had a 23 year old 747 skipper. There's probably guys younger than me at mainline that could hold Capt on the EMJ.

EyeOh · Post by **EyeOh** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:24 am

from what I hear, there is at least one 25 year old ERJ Capt.

Traf · Post by **Traf** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:11 am

LOL in WW2 guys were flying their first missions before their 20th B-day in all sorts of planes, weather and against all sorts of enemies.

yycflyguy · Post by **yycflyguy** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:27 am

Traf wrote:LOL in WW2 guys were flying their first missions before their 20th B-day in all sorts of planes, weather and against all sorts of enemies.

Good point and that was without todays technology, advanced training or available resources..... although the life expectancy was somewahat shorter than todays pilots whose only worries is abnormal gamma ray exposure at altitude!

DLB · Post by **DLB** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:55 am

Francis, I'm pretty sure you were the fo on a flight I was on to Freddy a week or two ago, no? I asked the fa who the fo was (in case it was someone I knew) and I'm pretty sure it was your name. It is a small world.

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:48 pm

Yep I went there either beginning of this month or end of last.

Cheers

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