Getting an Airline pilot job

[LearLove]

double post, see below

 

[LearLove]

I know of a flight instructor who would like to apply for a job at a regional airline with the intention of some day becoming a pilot for a major airline such as Southwest or Airtran.

O these kiddies these days......

 

[JohnnyP]

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This might be the roughest, most brutal bunch of humans on the internet today.

 

[norskman2]

I know of a flight instructor who would like to apply for a job at a regional airline with the intention of some day becoming a pilot for a major airline such as Southwest or Airtran. Other than flying experience, what other traits or qualities do recruiters at the various airlines look for in an individual who applies to their airline?

Assuming your posted flight time is correct and you're a newbie student pilot, I will further assume this post is not a joke.

In which case, welcome to the wild and woolly world of aviation.

Both you and your instructor friend would be well served to check out jetcareers.com, where you'll find the answers to that and other questions without all the flaming that passes for sport on this board.

Best of luck in your flying!

 

[ultrarunner]

thisis going to be awesome!

10 pages...minimum...get your 12 pack at the ready!!

 

[Way2Broke]

Airline training video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_3ttg4YJ1_Y

This is required watching. Cane is a good guy. I hope the writers strike ends so the man can go back to work.

 

[time builder]

Man, these threads can be brutal. I remember posting a few honest questions when I started FI, and they called me a flamer along with a few other things. What can I say, I learned some things from it.

I don't see a minimum experience level for posting, and I could see myself asking a similar question a few yeas ago. So I'll respond seriously.

I'll agree airlinepilotcentral has some good tips. Especially that you should know the airline you're applying for. With multicrew and passengers, its very important to have a personality that people can get along with, with single pilot cargo, that might not be so important.

One airline interview I screwed up by not knowing enough about them. I thought they had a domicile/hub where I was living, turns out they just had a lot of overnighters parked there and a lot of flights throughout the day, but no hub. They seemed kind of turned off at my assumption. Bottom line, knowing who you're applying for shows preparedness, and preparedness is a key issue.

By asking questions on FI, you're showing that you are looking for this kind of information, and I really wish people would stop bashing on people for showing their inexperience.

 

[pilotyip]

It will take you approximately 10 years to get to a job that will allow you to start making QOL a goal in your job search. Pilots get hired at good places because they have Turbine PIC, you must build turbine PIC to have control over your career. You have to go wherever that job is that gets you turbine PIC. You stay in that job until you can get another job that gives you better turbine PIC, i.e. Bigger airplanes, Turbojet, 121, etc. It is called paying your dues everyone must do it. Some do it in the military, some do it at the regionals, and some do in the on-demand business. Everyone pays his or her dues.

 

[no1pilot2000]

Crap answers

I am trying to get some answers and all I get is **************************************** who can't give an honest answers.

 

[say again]

I am trying to get some answers and all I get is **************************************** who can't give an honest answers.

I know they do not like profanity!!!:beer:

 

[FirstMate]

This might be the roughest, most brutal bunch of humans on the internet today.

And sexually frustrated.

 

[John Pennekamp]

And sexually frustrated.

Not all of us...

 

[Future Furlough]

And sexually frustrated.

That's what the knee pads and lube is for. Oh wait, that's a different thread.:laugh:

 

[Amish RakeFight]

...were you the number 1 pilot in the year 2000? :erm:

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Here's your answer:

How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act.