250 hr hiring mins...

[epic!]

Who thinks we will see mins like this again? Was having this discussion recently; some say its inevitable with future attrition and the work/rest regs, personally I dont see them going that low but then again Im not involved in the 121 world.

 

[kf4amu]

If they are allowed to go that low they will.

 

[poor2thecore]

Eagle started out at at 1500/500, then 1000/something, now 800/100... I can only see if going lower with all the hiring they've been doing. It's been said they want 300-400 more pilots this year alone. ASA initially was 1500, now 1000, and as low as 750 with an internal rec. I had a buddy get XJT with 800 something, but he also had 400+ multi.

It's possible. Will it happen? Who knows.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

I can see 500/100 being the norm by this fall.

 

[WMUSIGPI]

It all depends on the limp d!cks in Washington. IF they truly implement the ATP (1500 hours ICAO style) to be an "airline pilot" then we will never see anything below that. IF as I expect, loopholes as big as a 747 are put in then well it's going to be all about how much you can pay to go to the right schools and get the minimums "reduced for accredited education"

 

[poor2thecore]

It all depends on the limp d!cks in Washington. IF they truly implement the ATP (1500 hours ICAO style) to be an "airline pilot" then we will never see anything below that. IF as I expect, loopholes as big as a 747 are put in then well it's going to be all about how much you can pay to go to the right schools and get the minimums "reduced for accredited education"

Exactly. However, this is still two years out. There's the potential of a large hiring wave between now and then.

 

[OCP]

Last time around 300 hrs was the norm. 600 would have been really high.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

It will happen. You'll just need some "advanced jet training" and your 250 pro-rata hours will be fine.

BTW, that special training involves about $5,000 and 25 hours sitting in a level-A, homemade box with a couple dusty CRT's your JET-U put together last weekend, and a 350-hour RJ FO "instructor" trying to make ends meet. Then you're good.

 

[poor2thecore]

I bet the upper management at ATP is salivating over that idea. Isn't their CRJ course like 15k or something ridiculous?

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Eagle started out at at 1500/500, then 1000/something, now 800/100... I can only see if going lower with all the hiring they've been doing. It's been said they want 300-400 more pilots this year alone. ASA initially was 1500, now 1000, and as low as 750 with an internal rec. I had a buddy get XJT with 800 something, but he also had 400+ multi.

It's possible. Will it happen? Who knows.

Whats the source for this?

 

[epic!]

Whats the source for this?

Ive heard this too...Mostly from current Eagle pilots. Some put the numbers closer to 500 pilots by years end.

 

[poor2thecore]

Ive heard this too...Mostly from current Eagle pilots. Some put the numbers closer to 500 pilots by years end.

Yep... Lots of guys going over to AA and the new RJ's are creating movement. A new bid came out two days ago with an additional 24 upgrades. Looks like upgrade might go into mid-late 2006.

 

[CUBMAN]

I'm out of the loop. Why is there going to be so much hiring at regional levels? Is it expansion or just majors sucking everything up-stream?

 

[CX880]

The minimum to get into a regional starting next year will be a body temperature of 98 degrees. And you will know for sure that mass hiring has started when Skywest drops it's mins to a normal pulse with an RJ type.