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[Mooseflyer]

Ivan's right on the mark. Start NOW getting your ATP (I, too, did the 4 day AllATPs course with the ATP written, ATP practical, and FE written), as you can't really start applying anywhere without it. Once you've covered the basics so you can start sending out resumes, I'd focus on getting a Guard/Reserve job lined up. That will do 5 things for you.... 1. Keep you current, 2. Build you up to more competitive time, 3. Be an excellent network, 4. Keep the bills paid. and perhaps most importanly 5. Get you off active duty. In your spare time you can start on all the other stuff, such as......

-Getting your restricted radiotelephone operator permit
-Researching 10 year residence and employment history
-Requesting high school and college transcripts
-Requesting drivers records from the NDR as well as all states in which you've had a licence
-Requesting your FAA records (assuming you've had an FAA ticket before)
-Building (or rebuilding) your personal network
-Getting letters of rec from said network
-Tracking down your marrage, birth, etc records
-Buying a suit
-Reading some "how to interview" books
-Getting a passport, if you don't already have one
-Surfing flightinfo.com

Best of luck......

 

[Brick1]

Now that's the skinny I was looking for. On a good note, I just bought my suit from Mr. Oh in Korea...other than that, I have a ways to go. I'll let you know when my S... in a sock...

 

[Fins Up]

Brick1,
I'm in almost the same boat you are. When I get out next March, I'll have about 2300TT. My PIC time will only be about 900. Yours is probably more.

Anyway, I feel my quals are a little low for most of the bigs. I may have to suck it up for a year in a smaller operation to push my PIC time up a little. The pay will probably suck, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

If you really want to know who is legacy/major/regional/etc and what they pay, go to http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/content/view/44/36/

If anyone thinks my info is way off, I'm sure you won't hesitate to tell me.

 

[Bjammin]

Just seeing that list make me cringe! I spent over 10K to get 5 interviews with different airlines, but to get hired that's what you have to do.

Just a side note. I joined Air. Inc as well. Alot of people say bad things about them and I agree with most of it. They take money from guys looking for jobs, throw some books and job fairs at them, and there is no guareatee of getting an interview with anyboby, but after one job fair in LA, I had 2 interviews set up for American Eagle and ASA and got 2 more phone calls a week later form Cathay Pacific and SWA. Could have been coincidence on the phone calls, but maybe not. Even if you are not interested in a regional you can at least get some interview practice and use them as a backup. You don't need to be a member to visit a job fair, but the price is lower and the books they give you helped me write a good resume and gave me contact information. Also I got a $500 discount on my type rating from Aeroservice which covered the cost of my membership. Not a bad deal.

In addition to the above list:

Get a good resume built

Get you log book on a spredsheet and keep it up to date.


Some airlines let you do a conversion factor. Jet Blue is add .3 per sortie and SWA is add .3 per flight hour. That maybe reversed, sorry, but with a spreadsheet program it easy to tailor your log book for each airline you interview with.

Also, the reserves ROCK! I have basically been non stop flying since last July doing alot of extra drills and getting active duty for weeks at a time. To be able to get the time off you need to interview and leave when you go to ground school is HUGE! Tough to get on with a good flying unit, but rush your buddies and set up a good network.

 

[MercuryPilot]

Actually, JB uses a multiplier of 1.3 for your military time. Can't speak for the other companies.

I'd recommend one AIR Inc job fair but not joining the Kit Darby "Union." Also, use Aaron Hagan for your interview prep over AIR Inc. Don't forget that if you qualify for the GI Bill you can get some $$$ towards your type. If you don't qualify now you will qualify once you become a Reserve/Guard pilot. Get a copy of the Reservists almanac. Check Amazon.com for a copy or your Exchange.

MP

 

[AdlerDriver]

Hey, you also might want to get your commercial multi instrument or ATP. That might help you out! Single engine stuff does not go over very well at Majors, even JetBlue.

Single engine stuff??? He's got OA-10 and T-38 listed as aircraft flown. WTF?? Also, I know quite a few F-16 pilots who were scooped up by "Majors" quite successfully.

 

[Brick1]

Come on...the thing said list everything you have and when you only have the one inch can opener...well, you need to list it all. 200 hrs single engine still counts...1800 A/OA-10/AT-38. Be happy I didn't list my glider time...trying not to scrape all the way to the bottom.

Good words from all...much appreciated...starting to realize this will be a long hall...but it's better than the B.S. active duty stuff I'm seeing.

 

[kevdog]

Single engine stuff??? He's got OA-10 and T-38 listed as aircraft flown. WTF?? Also, I know quite a few F-16 pilots who were scooped up by "Majors" quite successfully.

Easy man, just noticing that he only has his single listed in his ratings. Last I knew, military pilots do not get FAA licenses. Am I correct?

 

[skiddriver]

Easy man, just noticing that he only has his single listed in his ratings. Last I knew, military pilots do not get FAA licenses. Am I correct?

Commercial license requires an equivalency test (subset of the full commercial) and verification of qualifications and currency from your logbook and training records. Commercial not required for mil to get an ATP if they meet the qualifications and currency requirements for commerical equivalency and for the ATP, and pass the ATP written and practical.

 

[Brick1]

Spot on with the above...new guys being screened for UPT also have some option of getting their single engine at Gov expense...