Cal Pic

[CommuterHell]

I have been told by 2 people that you need Turbine PIC to be considered at CAL now. I just wanted to know if anyone has been interviewed or hired w/ out it recently.

 

[Palmtree Pilot]

Yes, there have been interns hired w/o turbine PIC, and a few others with very little(<200) turbine PIC. From TSA anyways.

PtP

 

[CommuterHell]

Any of them hired recently?

 

[Palmtree Pilot]

Little was Spring '06 and None + Intern was late summer/Fall '06. This palce is the "poster child" of "it is all who you know."

Good luck.

PtP

 

[AWACoff]

I was hired in January. My sponsor's chief pilot specifically wanted 1000 PIC turbojet. I recieved the call for an interview within days after hitting 1000. YMMV. Good luck.

 

[ClubORD]

I had 1000.6 hours Turbine PIC when I got the call for an interview.

 

[Jonny Sacko]

I hear the min's are increasing from the other companies hiring of qualified applicants also. Good Luck (supply vs. Demand)

 

[Xtremepilot]

From what I hear in my class, EWR CPs want 1000 Turbine PIC.....IAH CP let me in with 0 and a good recommendation (non-intern and non-legacy). It seems to be who you know....2 out of 20 in my class had 0 turbine PIC.

 

[IAHERJ]

Met a new hire on a HNL layover who came from the right seat of an ERJ at TSA I believe. Didn't ask too many more questions for fear of offending.

 

[SteelerMan]

Xtreme is correct, not impossible, but you may need several recs without turbine PIC. And for that matter some chiefs want 121 PIC.

 

[Hagar17]

A chick in my reserve unit had zero turbine PIC.

 

[rjacobs]

The person from TSA who came from the right seat of the ERJ was a chick. The other person from TSA that was hired with around 250 PIC in the J41 was a black guy. He knew that was why he got the job, at least he was honest about it.

 

[COOPERVANE]

I know a chick that CAL hired with <1000 pic jet time.

She was sleeping with the owner of a frac operation, and she logged PIC every leg from the right seat.

I guess she earned it......Perpetuating the stereotype