Question on Mins at Amer Eagle or other Regionals

[KozzyCFI]

A good friend of mine graduated from Embry-Riddle with high marks and now works for Flight Safety as a sim pilot. While he only has about 350 total time and only 25 or 30 hours of actual multiengine time, he has several hundred hours flying in the sims with Flight Safety in structured training environment. In fact, they gave him a full PIC type rating on the Falcon 900EX and a SIC type in the Falcon 50. He'd like to leave the sim world and go to a real airline. How likely is it that someone in his position could get a waiver on posted flight time minimums because of his jet experience and gain employment with American Eagle or another carrier??

 

[PiratePilot]

In 2004 when I was hired on at EGL they were letting riddle grads in with a 3.5 GPA or better with 400TT and 100 Multi. I think it's been lowered to 350TT and 100 multi. My advice to him would be to get his jet experience at EGL but keep his contacts at FSI and work for them on a part time basis to stay current, get out and get a corporate job flying a 50/900.

 

[viper548]

What's wrong with getting some real experince as a CFI?

 

[80for80]

What's wrong with getting some real experince as a CFI?

CFI's don't fly jets. He's got Jet A in his blood now with the Falcon type rating. It would be a step down to go CFI.

 

[Knob]

This one' got over 3 pages written all over it!

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

He should probably apply for a street captain position!

 

[momalley81]

CFI's don't fly jets. He's got Jet A in his blood now with the Falcon type rating. It would be a step down to go CFI.

Neither do sim instructors.

A type rating is just a piece of paper without any time in an airplane. You know, the kind that run on Jet A and not 220VAC.

Tell him to get some time CFI'ing or traffic watching or banner towing on the weekends to get his TT up, then network like crazy with all those corporate/charter guys!

He'd have better luck getting on as an FO with them, methinks.

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

This one' got over 3 pages written all over it!

At least

 

[Whiskerbizkit]

Why waste his time flying a RJ. He should land a job as a 777 CA somewhere, Thats what all the Riddle dorks tell me were they should be.

 

[rickair7777]

A good friend of mine graduated from Embry-Riddle with high marks and now works for Flight Safety as a sim pilot. While he only has about 350 total time and only 25 or 30 hours of actual multiengine time, he has several hundred hours flying in the sims with Flight Safety in structured training environment. In fact, they gave him a full PIC type rating on the Falcon 900EX and a SIC type in the Falcon 50. He'd like to leave the sim world and go to a real airline. How likely is it that someone in his position could get a waiver on posted flight time minimums because of his jet experience and gain employment with American Eagle or another carrier??

If you really have all those ratings, you should know the answer to this...

Sim time is not flight time.

Sometimes it can count towards things like night or IMC requirements, but not total time for hiring purposes.