Airbus P-F-T
350DRIVER said:
Eagle Jet Intl. is probably who you are referring to and I would run not walk from them. They are regarded basically as a "joke" and the owner has numerous lawsuits against him.
Eaglejet sure sounds like P-F-T to me:
I have decided to join an airline first officer program. Why choose Eagle Jet International?
Eagle Jet International has been the largest company
specialized in airline first officer programs worldwide for several years. We currently have under contract more than 400 transport aircraft. Our programs take place on several different types of aircraft in each category (piston, turbine, heavy turbine, executive jet and heavy jet).
Our expertise and full time commitment to our airline programs will provide you with the ingredients needed to jumpstart your career. We are ex airline pilots and as such will offer you the valuable guidance while you are going through the steps of your airline pilot career. We will also do our level best to provide you with interviews with the airlines upon completion of the program . . . . Our goal is not to provide you with only turbine hours. Instead, we optimize your airline program by providing hours the airlines prefer to see along with airline turbine experience, which are actual IFR experience hours and night hours . . . . [W]e are primarily contracted with cargo airlines . . . . Optimizing our airline programs to our pilot’s best benefit is our main goal . . .
What are the requirements in order to join one of Eagle Jet International’s airline first officer programs?
You are required to hold a current FAA commercial pilot license with instrument and multiengine ratings and a second class medical. No minimum amount of flight time is required for most of our first officer programs . . . . Our airline programs are designed for low time pilots coming out of a flight school with no previous turbine or airline experience. For this reason, the normal training duration is 4 to 6 weeks.
(emphasis added)
How can this be anything else but P-F-T? Seeing "first officer training program," "no minimum hour requirements" and "jumpstart your career" in the advertising are sure tipoffs.
Finally,
I am leaving the military with pilot experience. Is an airline first officer program a valuable option to me in order to be marketable to an airline or an executive charter company?
The airlines do appreciate your military background with most of them considering this a plus. Nevertheless, they normally like to see actual civilian commercial experience prior to hiring an ex military pilot . . . .
That is baloney. There are legions of ex-military pilots who have interviewed with airlines while still in and have timed it to have a class date upon separation.
Have fun!