$5000 sign on bonus at Eagle

[trip]

What a joke.

 

[Plainsman]

Word is first class has 3 in it. If true this is good news for pilots.

 

[CesnaCaptn]

Has the ATP rule gone into effect?

 

[pilotyip]

Has the ATP rule gone into effect?

not yet it is still in a review process, but it might go into effect Aug 2013 with no retro look. If you don't have an ATP, you can not be a 121 pilot

 

[sstearns2]

not yet it is still in a review process, but it might go into effect Aug 2013 with no retro look. If you don't have an ATP, you can not be a 121 pilot

Hilarious... If you have not gone to a rating factory for a weekend and risked your life in some scary llight twin then you can't fly part 121. Nevermind the 6 week school the airline put you through.

Cheers,
Scott

 

[pilotyip]

Hilarious... If you have not gone to a rating factory for a weekend and risked your life in some scary llight twin then you can't fly part 121. Nevermind the 6 week school the airline put you through.

Cheers,
Scott

Could not agree more, this rule does little to increase safety. It is a political response to a congressional mandate

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Maybe the airlines will have to start giving out ATPs.

 

[labbats]

Maybe the airlines will have to start giving out ATPs.

Yes! Right after they start paying for medicals. To this day I can't figure out how something I must have for a job isn't paid for by my job.

 

[BoilerUP]

Yes! Right after they start paying for medicals. To this day I can't figure out how something I must have for a job isn't paid for by my job.

Not sure if serious?

Did Eagle and does Allegient not pay for (or at least contribute toward) a medical?

 

[JustaNumber]

Could not agree more, this rule does little to increase safety. It is a political response to a congressional mandate

While the actual ATP test itself is a bit of a joke (really just the instrument rating again), the main idea behind the ATP requirement is the 1500 hour part. While not every hour of experience is necessarily meaningful, and while there are plenty of 250 hour geniuses who are better than some other pilots with more hours, as a general rule, more hours = more experience = more chances to see unusual events that you can draw from, to guide you through new problems that you have never encountered before. There's nothing better than scaring the crap out of yourself to ensure you don't do stupid things in the future. Sure there are exceptions, but as a rule, the more experienced the pilot, the safer the pilot. I know I was safer at 1500 hours than at 250 hours.