Pinnacle Aviations is a regional airline that operates routes for NWA.

I read here:

http://www.pilotinterviews.com/APilotsL ... ?APLID=167

that they have an internship program hat university grads can attend. this pilot states that the minimums are as low as 250 TT.

I looked on Pinnacles website and cant find anything on this internship program. Does anyone know anything about it??

Thanks

The minimums are 1500 Total time, and 300 hours multi-engine. If you come from an aviation university, and intern here, the minimums are SIGNIFICANTLY reduced. (around 250 hour TT minimum, so I am told) So if bush flying or flight instructing is not for you, I would highly recommend this method. It saves you from having to buy flight time, and will give you an impressive resume. I wish I interned here, it could have saved me some money, and given me an even higher seniority number.

I looked on Pinnacles website and cant find anything on this internship program.

Put one and one together...

It's probably bs.

yea, do you know of any other airlines with internships?

Pinnacle is an American company anyways...no greencard, no work.

R580XD wrote:Pinnacle is an American company anyways...no greencard, no work.

I thought AGL and the other "sponsorship" programs get you a student visa.

Even with PanAm I think they get you a student visa which allows you to instruct some how.

So yes, I'm sure if pinnacle has a scheme, they manage to get you "internship" which is student visa..

So yeah.. "no work".. But you can pay to work. =)

Yippeee..

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So yes, I'm sure if pinnacle has a scheme, they manage to get you "internship" which is student visa..

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You are correct there, an instructor is considered a teacher, so there is a totally different approach to getting into work in the states. The thing is, once you are bored of instructing, your visa runs out, and home ya go!! Unless of course someone os really willing to jump through the hoops and get ya in, either that or you get with one of your students

R580XD wrote:you get with one of your students

Nice plan. =)

USA here i come. =)

lo, but are there any airlines with internships for students, or just graduated students?

I am the one who posted that letter on the Pilot Carreer Centre website, and I can confirm that we HAVE hired pilots with only 250 hours TT.
We currently have a dispatcher in class right now with only 300 hours. If you intern, or work at this company in some other capacity other than pilot, you could be able to interview no matter what your hours if you ask and are deemed a hard worker. Of course you must have a Commercial ceritficate with multi-IFR ratings at a minimum, with your ATP written passed.

This practice is common at many airlines in the States. Not only are there intern programs, but if you have the cash, there are bridge programs as well that generally reduce minimums as well. Much like how it is in Europe.

If anybody wants to know more, feel free to private message me.

One more thing, it is Pinnacle Airlines, not Pinnacle Aviations.

cheers