Am I ready for a regional?

[wms]

It could be if the recession does hit that a drop in air travel will not provide the loads to support ML aircraft. In such case, expect a downgrade of many routes to smaller planes. After 9-11 everyone was spelling the doom of the regionals when in fact the regionals were grown to preserve market share when there was not enough demand to fill ml aircraft.

It is true that seat-mile costs are high on an RJ. But it makes more sense to fly 50 pax on a 50-seater than a 150-seater.

 

[landlover]

Regional checklist.

Low Time:

IPOD:

Backpack:

Oakleys:

Lots of Hairgel:

Parents basement:

Riddle Education:

Gulfstream Academy graduate:

Say dude alot:


If you can check six of the nine boxes, then the answer would be yes, you are ready for a regional.

back pack and say dude lot, goodthing im a freight captain. 2 out of 9 doesnt cut it.

 

[TheRaven]

20 whole hours of Multi...LOL...ask yourself if you would trust your parents and your friends to someone with your experience inthe cockpit.

I sure as hell don't want to be with someone with your emminent qualifications should the poo poo hit the fan on a dark and stormy night going into ORD or LGA.

 

[viper548]

I sure as hell don't want to be with someone with your emminent qualifications should the poo poo hit the fan on a dark and stormy night going into ORD or LGA.

I'm more concerned about airports like ASE, BUR, MSO, etc

 

[Amish RakeFight]

What a stupid FKN question.

Go get lost in some IFR with an inop gyro, lost comms and minimum fuel. You should be ready by then.

 

[xpdriver]

Hey everyone, just looking for some advice...

My Times are: 390 TT 20 ME

I've got my ATP written scheduled, along with my 1st class medical during the 1st week of February. I've already got a radio operators license....

I currently live in Fort Lauderdale, FL. But my family lives in Boston, MA (free housing)

Which regionals would be of interest to me? (so far I've looked at: Eagle and Colgan. Any others based on my times?

I was also wondering if anyone could help me with a resume. If you could PM me and look over it. (just wasent sure where to put a few items)

I don't have enough life insurance!!!

 

[thepotato232]

Well, Lakes has kids with that kind of time flying into TEX on IOE, so... yeah. In answer to the original question, instead of going online and posting to a board filled with malcontent regional pilots who hate low-timers, why not ask one the experienced pilots around you who actually know what you're capable of. Those numbers you posted are pretty unimpressive, but I got hired with not much more time than you've got. I was as useless as any 300-hour wonder when I got to ground school, but I worked my ass off keeping up with the learning curve. As much as I've improved since I got to GLA, I'd recommend low-time guys such as youself work toward a turboprop job in your home area where you're not being babysat by a ton of glass (in your case, rhymes with "Dolgan"). Or do some more FLL to Nassau flying and wait a year or so for a decent job.

You can get hired if you've got a certain amount of work ethic, maturity and talent. You can avoid pissing people off by checking off as few items on the above checklist as possible. Since the day I started, I've only been guilty of one (and my time's going up fast).

Go get lost in some IFR with an inop gyro, lost comms and minimum fuel. You should be ready by then.

C'mon, AMF. Not everyone had the opportunity to train on planes as ********************ty as the ones you and I did.

 

[CX880]

Regional checklist.

Low Time:

IPOD:

Backpack:

Oakleys:

Lots of Hairgel:

Parents basement:

Riddle Education:

Gulfstream Academy graduate:

Say dude alot:


If you can check six of the nine boxes, then the answer would be yes, you are ready for a regional.

Riddle Education should count for at least 5 points....

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

I'll try and throw in a non sarcastic response.

The airline world is different. Are you ready? The answer is an "probably not." Will you get hired? Most likely.

It isn't the number of hours you have that makes the difference, really. The military routinely puts "low time" pilots behind the wheel of millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of pounds of airplane.

I fly with a lot of low time guys, and by and large they have terrific attitudes and learn very fast. I respect that; I don't know that I could have done the same at 250 hours. I remember my first airline was a tall drink of water, so to speak, at 2500 hours. But, as good as the attitudes are, they are not as strong of an asset to me as someone who came from the Part 135 or CFIing world.

A word about CFIs. I can tell almost instantly who has been an instructor and who hasn't. Low time pilots who have been instructors have superior decision making skills and better "big picture" situational awareness than pilots who have not taught.

Anyhow, best of luck. My opinion is just that, and is worth exactly what you paid for it!

 

[777forever]

My opinion is if you ask this question on three different forums you're probably not ready.

 

[Thedude]

it seems like flight instructing is lacking as an experience builder--more like a time builder.

-Goose

--Short version--

I thought the same thing back when I was faced with that decision. I really didn't have a choice as the mins for Eagle (as an example) were 2000TT 500ME and part 135 time. I actually learned quite a bit from being a CFI and learned all the new ways a student can try to kill you. You don't really know how to do something until you have taught it.

 

[spacecadet1]

Breathing and a pulse.; you are golden. Just go out and get yourself one of them big fat pilot watches with all those dials to impress the chicks.

 

[Flybet3]

Regional checklist.

Low Time:

IPOD:

Backpack:

Oakleys:

Lots of Hairgel:

Parents basement:

Riddle Education:

Gulfstream Academy graduate:

Say dude alot:


If you can check six of the nine boxes, then the answer would be yes, you are ready for a regional.

DUDE that post makes you look like such a ******************************e but God all mighty was that FUNNY!!!! especially the basement thing. HA! No lie though, that's a pretty good list.

 

[Limeyflyer]

Regional checklist.

Low Time:

IPOD:

Backpack:

Oakleys:

Lots of Hairgel:

Parents basement:

Riddle Education:

Gulfstream Academy graduate:

Say dude alot:


If you can check six of the nine boxes, then the answer would be yes, you are ready for a regional.

That is fantastic, they need to hand this to all the potential applicants as walk into the career fairs at ERAU and UND ect.

 

[Limeyflyer]

Regional checklist.

Low Time: No

IPOD: Wife Stole Mine

Backpack: Not used for Work

Oakleys: Some Rampie in MEM Signature restaurant stole them off my table

Lots of Hairgel: I have no Hair

Parents basement: They are in a Different Country
Riddle Education: Daytona uke:

Gulfstream Academy graduate: Nope

Say dude alot: No


If you can check six of the nine boxes, then the answer would be yes, you are ready for a regional.

I made the wrong career move I guess

 

[thepotato232]

My opinion is if you ask this question on three different forums you're probably not ready.

Seconded. I only attempted to do what I did because I was training like a Bhuddist monk. By the time I moved up, I had five emergencies under my belt (cue Han Solo: "It's not my fault!"), and blessings from three CFIs and a couple of retired mainline captains who seemed to agree I could stumble around in a Beech without giving my captain an ulcer or killing the other 20 people on board. I just barely proved them right. As desperate as the lower-tier regionals are right now, they will boot your ass if you screw up bad enough, and you will have begun your career with a Hell of a black mark on your record. If you have enough doubt in your skills that you're counting on all of us to chime in and say "go for it," then you may want to get back in the cockpit and try breaking something. And go get that CFI - I never used mine, but it will at least get you in the right mindset.

 

[Flybet3]

Low Time: far from it

IPOD: I still can't afford that sh**t

Backpack: Yes, but not for work.

Oakleys: Wal-mart doesnt sell those

Lots of Hairgel: The last thing I need is more hair grease!

Parents basement: Does a room in their house count as a basement?

Riddle Education: I can't afford SH***

Gulfstream Academy graduate: Nope

Say dude alot: Only on flight info to piss off some of the DUDES here LOL

In all seriousness, what some of these guys are saying is true my friend. Are you really ready for a regional job YES/NO. Why yes? Well b/c most captains now a days are pretty much babysitters anyways, so they wont let you get them in trouble. Why NO? Well b/c if your babysitter has a heart attack then you might be in trouble. Will some regionals hire you? Yes they will, why? b/c even though every company has SAFETY as their number one priority all they really care about is making money. It's like McDonalds, their number one thing is Customer service, do they really provide the best customer service? NOOOOO, at the end of the day they still jer* off on your burger and give it to you all smashed!!!
I'm not going to lie, when I had your time i dreamed that an airline would even look at my resume (even if it was to get a cheap laugh) but no one even considered me until I had almost 1600 TT.
At the time I didnt understand, but my lack of understanding was due to my lack of experience.
My recent SIM partner had almost 400 hours, did he pass training? Yes, but honestly only b/c the instructors and MY SELF helped him out a lot. Was he a nice guy? YES. Has he humble about his experience leve? HELL YES! But would I really trust the guy whe the s*** hits the fan. And I mean when it REALLY hits the fan (Engine failure, in hard IMC and me passed out b/c of the Big Mac with "special sauce I got") NO. He still passed, and even though for the Next 6 months to a year he's going to be baby sat by captains I think at the end he'll be OK as long as he remains humble and the SH*** doesnt hit the fan.
Good luck chief and if you do get on with an airlines, really dont wear the back pack, or go to Wal-mart in a full uniform and I mean full! With the hat and everything! I'll laugh at first, but I might trip ya afterwards.
Good luck!

 

[thepotato232]

Good luck chief and if you do get on with an airlines, really dont wear the back pack, or go to Wal-mart in a full uniform and I mean full! With the hat and everything! I'll laugh at first, but I might trip ya afterwards.
Good luck!

So the wings and epaulettes are okay? What if I pin them to an old t-shirt?

 

[Flybet3]

So the wings and epaulettes are okay? What if I pin them to an old t-shirt?

Hey man, if you realized you didnt have deodorant on the way to the airport and had to stop real quick to Wal-mart then so be it. I'm talking about getting up early in the morning, taking a shower, running upstairs from the basement and telling mom and dad that you're going to go to Wal-Mart to buy some more hair gel and you decide to get EVERYTHING on and go shopping while listening to your IPOD. Not to mention if you're wearing your OAKLEYS INSIDE the dammn STORE!!!!!!

 

[thepotato232]

Heh, calm down dude. If I'm in a pinch, any incriminating evidence of my profession stays in the car. The sight of a pilot in full uniform at Wal-Mart turns my stomach at least as much as it does yours. Thus the . This sarcasm crap is a lot harder with a keyboard.


...oh ********************, I just said "dude," didn't I?