Any new hires at Piedmont or Colgan please pm me!

[FMEpilot]

I would like to talk to a new hire or two at both airlines. Please PM me. Any response would be appreciated!

 

[PCL_128]

Now that Colgan voted down ALPA, you don't want to go anywhere near that airline. Go to PDT.

 

[jobuneedsarefil]

Now that Colgan voted down ALPA, you don't want to go anywhere near that airline. Go to PDT.

Yeah, who needs upgrade in a year and 1000 turbine PIC in 14 months. The heck with that.....

 

[greedypilot]

1000 PIC doesn't mean as much as Colgan fanatics make it out to...

 

[PCL_128]

Yeah, who needs upgrade in a year and 1000 turbine PIC in 14 months. The heck with that.....

Sigh.... It just keeps getting worse.

 

[70-SS]

Yeah, who needs upgrade in a year and 1000 turbine PIC in 14 months. The heck with that.....

ok getting hired with 400 hrs. you're upgrading in a year. You know nothing.



Look kid. Go for the company that has the most to offer. Face it. Anywhere you go you will be an fo for some time. Base your decision on on that.

PDT has a Union along with that comes WORK RULES.


Or you could have "you have 16 hrs of duty. guess what"



Thank you colgan 155

 

[TNHillbilly]

Yeah, who needs upgrade in a year and 1000 turbine PIC in 14 months. The heck with that.....

You sir, are ignorant.

 

[dingo222]

1000 PIC doesn't mean as much as Colgan fanatics make it out to...

no, but is sure beats 6 yrs of sic at pdt unless you want to hang out with all your riddle buds

 

[JohnnyP]

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1000 PIC doesn't mean as much as Colgan fanatics make it out to...

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Go tell that to the many guys that get hired right into SWA, Cathay, etc with just 1900/Sabb/Dash/JS time.

TPIC is TPIC.....Jet would be the more desired form, but just plain 'ol turboprop PIC won't count you out by far.

But really, just go make friends, and know people in the industry, that'll trump the coveted 1000 TPIC beacon.

 

[Flywrite]

Think of where you would rather be for 5 years if the industry took a nosedive...

1000TPIC meant very little in 2002

 

[greedypilot]

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Go tell that to the many guys that get hired right into SWA, Cathay, etc with just 1900/Sabb/Dash/JS time.

Times have changed versus 5 years ago.. many more people have jet time versus turboprop time. As this trend continues in the years to come, TP time will become less and less valuable. We're already seeing that with some of the major carriers.. As example: obviously JetBlue has a reason they've stopped putting TP guys in the Airbus... and its not because they flew in shlt weather or flew 10 legs per day.. get a clue, they can't handle a advanced, automated jet.

For some reason, prop guys seem to have tunnel vision on this subject

 

[JohnnyP]

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get a clue, they can't handle a advanced, automated jet.

For some reason, prop guys seem to have tunnel vision on this subject

Are you serious?

Maybe my eye sight is getting poor, but under your profile you have listed "Saab 340"....?....

Let me have a few glasses of wine, then ill come back in 2 or 3 hours with a better, more "thought out" response.

 

[FirstMate]

Times have changed versus 5 years ago.. many more people have jet time versus turboprop time. As this trend continues in the years to come, TP time will become less and less valuable. We're already seeing that with some of the major carriers.. As example: obviously JetBlue has a reason they've stopped putting TP guys in the Airbus... and its not because they flew in shlt weather or flew 10 legs per day.. get a clue, they can't handle a advanced, automated jet.

For some reason, prop guys seem to have tunnel vision on this subject

I'm having a hard time figuring out if you are actually serious with the above post. For sake of argument I'm going to assume you are.

No one gives a frogs fat ass if you have jet PIC time or Turboprop PIC time...unless of course you apply to many of the Asian carriers.

Airlines in the US are continuing to hire turboprop AND jet pilots with PIC time based on their ability to make sound decisions and their leadership experience in the cockpit. I can name many folks who have left PDT and other turboprop carriers over the past year that have gone to JetBlue and SWA with a mere 1000-1500 hrs PIC.

More people have jet time than those with prop time? Yea, probably so since companies like USAir are diseased with so many dam 50, 70, and 90 seat RJ's. And no, I'm not bitter or jealous. I could care less what type of plane I fly, although I am partial to the Dash. I just think that was an ignorant post. PIC time is PIC time. Call me old fashioned I guess.

Not being able to "handle an advanced jet" is a crock of sh!t if I've ever heard it. Any monkey can learn it if he puts his noodle to it. I guarantee you if you can learn systems on a Saab or a Dash, you can certainly learn them on anything else.

How was the transition from the Saab to the advanced cockpit of the E170? I have a hard time believing that the glass concept of an E170 is much different from that of an Airbus. But what do I know...

 

[WSurf]

Times have changed versus 5 years ago.. many more people have jet time versus turboprop time. As this trend continues in the years to come, TP time will become less and less valuable. We're already seeing that with some of the major carriers.. As example: obviously JetBlue has a reason they've stopped putting TP guys in the Airbus... and its not because they flew in shlt weather or flew 10 legs per day.. get a clue, they can't handle a advanced, automated jet.

For some reason, prop guys seem to have tunnel vision on this subject

Mr. greedypilot, what you've just wrote is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this forum is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

 

[SeanAucoin]

is piedmont still hiring? I went to their website and I couldnt find the resume section for pilots under career opportunities, I saw it a few weeks back.... anyone know anything?