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DBCooper,DBCOOPER said:Airtran's requirement and SWA's requirement for PIC time (500 & 1000) are purely, as said before, a process to eliminate thousands more resume's from showing up at headquarters. The sad thing is, they are eliminating pilots that are already qualified in the 737NG, like myself for instance.
I did upgrade at my former employer, a regional 121 company, and accumulated 400 PIC Turbine. I was then offered another job, which I accepted flying the 737NG. So, here I am with over 1000 hours in the right seat of the 73, yet I'm "not qualified" to fly the same airplane for SWA...or Airtran. If these airlines think that training from scratch a BE 1900 Capt. versus throwing me in the seat to do what I already do everyday with ease, then it's their loss. Not saying that I DESERVE the job, I will say that I should be at least able to be in the running. Unfortunatly, my resume would go straight to the shredder. It simply doesn't make any sense......I know that's the way it goes, I'm just throwing out an example of poor hiring practice.
You're right - rarely do we military types go very far from the pattern. Maybe 12,000-13,000 miles, TOPS.135fr8r said:Oh yea, unlike military, we didn't stay in the pattern all day long shooting landings.
You are nothing but a moron with that type of thinking!!!135fr8r said:Hey Yip,
As far as insurance goes maybe you should call Geico.
When I was 135, we were trained to specific crewmember seat duties, checklist standars, etc...... What's your point.
Oh yea, unlike military, we didn't stay in the pattern all day long shooting landings.
I think FSI has changed as far as training with the "box". I don't know what type of aircraft you flew at FSI but the ones I fly require a great knowledge of the box. We shoot every approach with the box (expect ILS wish is required to fly by loc frequency). Most of our performace numbers are generated by the box. I think the the "box" was 75% of the training.Ty Webb said:The training I did there (FSI and SImuflite) was for 135 PIC training . . . . FSI and Simuflite may have copies of your company's Ops Specs and checklists, but they do not try to build scenarios on your ride that require decisions based upon your company Ops Specs or SOP's.
Under 61 or 142, there are different ways to do the same thing. At most airlines, there is only one way- their way. If they say you will use "level change" instead of "altitude intervention" you better be using "level change", or it's wrong.
Also, unless things have really changed, FSI wasn't doing too much with the FMS boxes- while some of the "boxwork" I had to do on my 737NG ride would make your head spin.
Nobody is saying that 135 flying is easier . . . or harder. It's just a different set of "gotcha's", and I agree that we may not be getting the best suited pilots by sticking to 121 PIC's, but to say that a person who got a type in a new plane at FSI is a better candidate- well, that's about as silly as me saying that the best 135 guy would be a 121 Capt. . . . .