American Eagle

[MJPilot]

If you get based in Miami, will you be able to be on the jetfleet? I do believe that San Juan is only Trubo-Prop, but not sure about MIA.

Anyone?

 

[AvroGuy]

If you get based in Miami, will you be able to be on the jetfleet? I do believe that San Juan is only Trubo-Prop, but not sure about MIA.

Anyone?

MIA is prop only. Go for the prop man, you will hold a line much faster than you will in a jet. Besides first year pay is the same.

 

[eaglefly]

Those going into the Jet F/O position will advance to hard lines fairly fast with the exception of LAX.

The CRJ due to it's low numbers also would be a slower hard line achievment.

ORD, LGA and DFW EMB will provide the fastest path off reserve Jet wise in the future.

 

[NWaviator]

I am interviewing there this week. Airline Apps is making my blood boil. They flight time will not add up. when I was doing my instrument and commercial i was able to log both dual recieved and PIC. With all of my times updated and the same as my logbook my PIC time is 200 lower that my logbook. Airline apps will not let me put both dual and PIC together to let everything add up. Can someone give me some advice. Am I doomed or is this fairly normal?? Thanks and any last words????

 

[XJohXJ]

Hey NWa, it's normal. It's very annoying, but it's normal. Your logbook is the truth. Any company which uses airline apps should know about all of it's oddities. When they talk about flight times at the interview, just explain about the dual/pic situation.

 

[JohnDoe]

NW,

My flight times do not match as well due to Apps interpretation of what PIC time should be (no dual received and pic at the same time).

The only thing you could do is go back and re-log all that time in your logbook so that it matches the application, but no way I would do that.

 

[Flybet3]

I have around 3200 hours total time, so I had two small log books. Unfortunatly the first one was destroyed by water. I've only showed my second one in my last two jobs and they didnt mind. Does eagle care that I only have a log book that starts at 1500 hours? like I said, the first log book was completly destoyed. Thanx

 

[sirius100]

I know their minimums are 800/100 on the website but what are they really taking?

 

[NWaviator]

Thanks for the advice. On the pilot suppliment should I put the time in my logbook or the time on airline apps? I am getting excited but I have been sick as a dog for the last week. Hopefully I get better.

Sirius, My flight time is 200/1450 and I got a email very fast and I didn't respond that day so they called me the next day.

 

[doh]

American Eagle will be hiring 700 new First Officers for 2007 and has recently implemented a base guarantee program, with selection made prior to the start of training. For further information, please contact American Eagle Pilot Recruitment at [EMAIL="[email protected]"][email protected][/EMAIL]

Base guarantee? You choose your base, they say okay. 2 months later you get forced to San Juan! I'm sceptical any time they start promising anything. I have been lied to way to often.

 

[spacecadet1]

Stay away from eagle. They are probably among the worst of the regionals. Unless you're on skid row and need any job don't go to work there.

 

[Flybet3]

Stay away from eagle. They are probably among the worst of the regionals.

And this is because? Everyone has their own opinion on everywhere.

 

[Mustang5.0]

Stay away from eagle. They are probably among the worst of the regionals. Unless you're on skid row and need any job don't go to work there.

worst regionals to work for are more like....Mesa, Trans States, Colgan, Gojets, Great Lakes....did I say Mesa.

Eagle is more like top 3 or 4 as far as i'm concerned.

unless you have a problem with stability, decent pay and work rules....

 

[BrazPilot]

Stay away from eagle. They are probably among the worst of the regionals. Unless you're on skid row and need any job don't go to work there.

Whatever dude. Right now, I wouldn't trade American Eagle for any other regional airline out there. I like the "being wholly owned" and AMR's control-freak philosophy. GREAT, fun and experienced people for the most part. Good benefits overall, excellent travel benefits at AA, since we are AMR employees too. Excellent training at the American Airlines Flight Academy. Tons of bases to pick from. Plus, we just might have very good shot in the future to fly for American Airlines (AA should start hiring in two years according to some people at HR I've talked to). I wouldn't mind that at all. Upgrades here take longer than other regionals, but that's coming down and will be coming down even quicker. At least I don't have to worry about Delta or Northwest going under and then losing my job/contract or whatever. Plus I don't feel that my company is one of those bringing this industry down even more like those out there willing to do business at any cost.

 

[bogey383]

I totally agree. Eagle is one of the most stable and best places to be out their now. AMR has never filed for bankruptcy. We are not trying to undercut the lowest bidder to get more flying. We have two pay scales descent enough to the equipment we are flying. Unlike others. We don't have to sleep on a piece of fahking wood on short overnights. For all those that hate eagle, go give Johnny O your hide and he will line his pockets with you. Not to mention we have the best bases of any regional. blah! Oh yeah and our company has never started an alter ego airline to shaft us.. Fahq Blow Jets!!!

 

[Starscream]

I gotta go with Brazpilot on this one. It is not the best regional job out there, but I would certainly take AE over most of the other regionals out there. No, it is NOT a fast upgrade. Once the recalls at American really got rolling, all the math indicated an upgrade time of about 4 to 4 1/2 years for SF340 CA and 6 years to EMB CA. That's actually what the upgrade time was when I was hired almost 3 years ago, but the massive furloughs at AA really inflated the upgrade time, as well as Flowthrus being reluctant to go elsewhere (SWA, JBU, CAL, etc) and give up their AA seniority number. This brought top of seniority list attrition to a grinding halt, and this, along with the 2 1/2 years of no hiring led to a 7 1/2 year upgrade. Once the last of the pre 9/11 crowd upgrades, the junior CA will jump to 2004. We're getting quite a few upgrades now, it could be better, but if we could do 40 upgrades a month (last month was 45 this month is 29) we WILL have a 4 years upgrade time at this time next year.

Now throw in this whole Captain qualified First Officer program. This has the potential to push the upgrade time even lower, possibly to under 3 years (a far-fetched possibility at this point, but who knows). The theory is that the senior FOs who've decided to stay at AE who don't care for PIC time will take the $10/hour increase, stay a senior jet FO, and make almost as much as (if not more than) a junior turboprop CA. QOL for a senior jet FO living in base is immensely better than that of junior TP CA communting to reserve (for almost the same pay). The increase in senior FOs bypassing upgrade to turboprop CA should have SF340/ATR CA going further down the seniority list (close to #2000 seniority out of 3000). Then again, only if AMR doesn't interpret the language of the agreement in any evil and malicious way. They probably won't, since they've finally seen the light that we need people urgently and that people get scared of the long upgrade, and that people won't come here if upgrade time is ridiculously long. They are TRYING (CQFO program, short term upgrade course if upgrading in type, etc.) I'll give them that much.

Again, I'll have been here 3 years in July, and at this time next year, barring nuclear war/$200 a barrell oil/the invention of flying cars etc. I FULLY expect to be close to upgrade, if not already there.

I'm just a guy who wants to get PIC time and get on with my life. AE's a great place to visit, just wouldn't wanna live there.

 

[siucavflight]

Stay away from eagle. They are probably among the worst of the regionals. Unless you're on skid row and need any job don't go to work there.

Based on what? I take it that you either got turned down there, or were fired from there.
I love working for Eagle, the only regional that I would choose over them would be Horizon. Eagle is stable, great QOL, better pay then anyone, good clean well maintained equipment, and a rapidly decreasing upgrade time.

 

[siucavflight]

MIA is prop only. Go for the prop man, you will hold a line much faster than you will in a jet. Besides first year pay is the same.

I got a line in two months on the jet in ORD.

 

[fried chickens]

I am interviewing there this week. Airline Apps is making my blood boil. They flight time will not add up. when I was doing my instrument and commercial i was able to log both dual recieved and PIC. With all of my times updated and the same as my logbook my PIC time is 200 lower that my logbook. Airline apps will not let me put both dual and PIC together to let everything add up. Can someone give me some advice. Am I doomed or is this fairly normal?? Thanks and any last words????

Try this. Total - dual= true PIC, Total Logbook PIC - True PIC= Time logged as dual/PIC, Total - Logbood PIC= pure dual(pre-private and multi). That's how I got AirlineApps to match my logbook total time.

 

[Kaudbron]

I interviewed and requested LGA, I seem to be the only person crazy enough to choose LGA, what gives? Is it that bad at LGA, and any word on how it takes to hold a line? I live in that area, which was the basis of my choice.