Is the regional airline Piedmont hiring?

[Remington]

Just wondering if this is a good place to get experience.

 

[RedEye1]

Might be a little late, found this on the free job site http://www.skyjobs.net/

First Officer 12/18/2006
Piedmont Airlines, Inc. operates the de Havilland Dash-8 100 and 300 aircraft. Current Pilot domiciles are Charlottesville, VA; Harrisburg, PA; LaGuardia, NY; New Bern, NC; Roanoke, VA; Salisbury, MD; and Syracuse, NY. Pilot training is conducted at the US Airways Training Center in Charlotte, NC. Pilots receive approximately 5 weeks of training consisting of 2 weeks of Ground Training and 3 weeks of Flight Simulator Training. Piedmont pays all trainees a 72-hour guarantee and a fixed per diem while in training. Piedmont also provides hotel accommodations.
Minimum Qualifications:
Total Time: 1000 hours
Multi-Engine Time: 200
First Class Medical
Valid Passport
Access to Internet
Competitive Qualifications:
Total Time: 1500
Multi-Engine Time: 300
Part 121 or 135 experience
ATP MEL
College Degree
For consideration of position, please submit completed application along with resume to:
Corporate Recruiter
5443 Airport Terminal Road
Salisbury, MD 21804
Email: [email protected]

 

[RedEye1]

A more recent one posted.

Pilots, First Officers 1/1/07
SkyWest Airlines is celebrating 35 years of service in 07.
SkyWest the nation?s largest independently owned regional carrier, will host recruiting sessions throughout the country to aid in its coast-to-coast expansion for 2007!
How Do I Apply?
Submit an application at www.skywest.com/careers/
Attend a group interview nearest you
To view the Group Interview list please visit our website (www.skywest.com/careers/). Under RECRUITMENT EVENTS click on Pilot.
All qualified Pilots are invited to attend a group interview in St. Louis, MO on January 8th. Details can be found at www.skywest.com/careers/
Unique Benefits
World Wide Travel Benefits
Uniform Allotment
401(k) Plan
Stock Purchase Program
Medical/Dental/Vision
Profit Sharing
SkyWest Airlines employees have access to Delta Air Lines and United Airlines? route structures, as well as a myriad of hotel, cruise lines, rental car agencies and resort discounts.
SkyWest Airlines is recognized as the nation?s top regional airline, partnering with major carriers, Delta and United Airlines. SkyWest currently employs more than 10,000 aviation industry professionals across 133 cities in 38 states and 5 Canadian provinces. Operating more than 1,600 flights per day for United Express and Delta Connection, SkyWest proudly flies the Embraer EMB-120 and the Bombardier CRJ200 and CRJ700.
The Journey Begins Here! www.skywest.com/careers/index.ph

 

[00Dog]

Just wondering if this is a good place to get experience.

My friend works there and he likes it but doesn't like his commute. I suppose they will be hiring, if they're not right now, because people often go to airlines with bases located closer to where they live and to airlines that have quicker upgrade times. A website called airlinepilotcentral.com has a lot of info on which places are hiring, etc.

I'm not sure if I understand the question in your main body about a place to get experience. I've had several flying jobs and they are all places where one gains experience he/she can bring to their next job. Someone just posted that 1500 hours is comptitive for getting hired at Piedmont so they clearly want some experience before you get there.

 

[CaptainChris77]

I know people at Piedmont that have got hired with less than 1,000tt. Upgrade time is 6 years+ and your salary goes up by like $1-2/yr as an FO for all six of those years. Then CA pay isn't that great. If you want to live in one of their bases, its not a bad place to go. I personally would go to a jet operator, or Colgan before I went to Piedmont. Just my $.02

 

[WSurf]

I know people at Piedmont that have got hired with less than 1,000tt. Upgrade time is 6 years+ and your salary goes up by like $1-2/yr as an FO for all six of those years. Then CA pay isn't that great. If you want to live in one of their bases, its not a bad place to go. I personally would go to a jet operator, or Colgan before I went to Piedmont. Just my $.02

I would have to agree! I am a Captain at PDT, and I enjoy the company and people I fly with (Remember when I say enjoy, I take in the fact its a regional airline, not a major and you are treated accordingly)! But if I had to commute as a new FO and wanted the regionals to be a short stop I would go somewhere with atleast a 2 year upgrade! However if you were gonna live in base then its a good place to come. As a first year FO (usually 24k first year) you would make enough money to live on your own.
Remember, a regional is a regional is a regional!
Good thing about PDT is that we have a great working contract that we could put up against anyones! The dash 8 is a fun plane to fly!
The Bad thing! No business plan after 2009! Upgrade is over 5 years!! And the future is in dought! Can't keep flying this 1980's aircraft forever!!!

Good luck!

 

[ponder]

It used to be common for people to go
there and move on to AWAC, REP, or
Continental Express within a year.

 

[Sig]

The future is in dough? Awesome. Wait, you don't mean money, you mean unbaked cookie matter? I doubt dough is the future. More like manure.

 

[WSurf]

The future is in dough? Awesome. Wait, you don't mean money, you mean unbaked cookie matter? I doubt dough is the future. More like manure.

Damn you English Majors!! Now I gotta go back and look at my SW, and UPS resumes!!!

 

[Sig]

I don't care who you are, that was funny.

 

[twighead]

Someone just posted that 1500 hours is comptitive for getting hired at Piedmont so they clearly want some experience before you get there.

I can tell you that the 1500 hours thing is completely false. I got hired with about 650/130. They should be hiring a lot of FO's since about 5 per month quit to go fly for Republic. Right now in LGA we have 23 active FO's with 22 hard lines. Only 1 straight reserve.

 

[Radiohofo]

I applied with PDT still waiting to hear...

I've got 1500+ and living at one of those bases would be no problem for me. I was cured of SJS long ago, and when I have a friends of mine just retire as a 15 year Dash Captain for PDT; I have to think of what he went through (good and bad) it can be inspiring. Really good people at PDT, and he had loads of experience and it's a shame to lose to him to the retirement rule. So for me, I want to fly a Dash because of the folks at PDT. Maybe I'll get lucky...

Radiohofo

 

[johnsonrod]

I have talked to a number of PDT guys on the road and they always seem happy to me... Most other regional pilots can't stop b!tching about their schedules or their new contract, etc. ASA and Pinnacle guys are the worst but they do have some legit gripes...

A couple of questions for you PDT guys out there:

1. What do you like best about the Dash? I am curious because I haven't met many unhappy Dash pilots (people rave about that airplane). Do you mind not having EFIS, FMS, etc. or does it just not matter? Not trying to get into the glass vs. no glass debate.

2. Do you tend to do a lot of North to South flying (get to see all routes from Augusta up to Manchester during most trips) or do you tend to stay in one area most of the time (CLT flying vs. LGA flying)? Can you get decent variety as a PDT pilot - do SYR based pilots make it down to Hilton Head and vice versa?

 

[OPECJet]

There's a million things to enjoy about the Dash. It lands like a brick, so good ones take some work.

It will land on a football field practically. It will take off on two football fields.

A 300 will carry 50 pax, max bags, an alternate, and the guy trying to get home in the jumpseat. Show me a 50 seat jet that will do that.... (The 100s are the exact opposite)

It's like flying a turbine powered heavy Baron. Nimble airplane when the thing is rigged correctly.

It hauls a hockey rink full of ice on every surface imaginable.

It's a battle tank. Built like a brick outhouse.

Huge cockpit. Plenty of room for flightbags, etc...

The few that have EFIS are very nice. Love that set up, even if it lags a little behind newer RJ technology.

If I feel like handflying, I can. If I don't want to, autopilot on at 1500 ft. I don't have to interface with the airplane through a computer.

There's a couple of things I don't like about the airplane, but they're too few to mention and with all the positives about it, why dwell on it.

SYR crews won't likely see much southern flying if any. Neither will LGA or MDT. EWN crews do all CLT flying, CHO, SBY, and ROA go north and south.

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Good post OPEC... Couldn't have said it better myself.

Our Dashes aren't totally lacking in the electronics department... Every airplane has either the UNS nav system (very nice) or the old King KNS system (not so great- but mostly gets you there). You'll here plenty of b*tching from the crews if those are MEL'd.

It is fun really flying the airplane... There aren't many short runways in the system anymore but I can make any, and I do mean ANY, turnoff I want. Usually without much in the way of effort too. It is a fabulously honest airplane, and if something goes amok chances are you caused it. The motors are fantastic. OPEC wasn't kidding about the dash in the ice. I really fell in love with the airplane my first winter up north.

I wish it carried more gas (used to fly the ATR), but then again what pilot doesn't wish for more gas?

Gripes? It's hot in the summer... But the APU helps with that, so long as it is functioning. You'll have a dozen good landings, then the airplane will give you one that will humble you for months after... A easy airplane to land, a hard one to land consistantly. That's about all. Best airplane I have ever flown.

 

[wornout]

To sum it up, its a pilots airplane. You can put on your cowboy boots and and giddy up. The dash will do whatever you want it to do. Its a little slow to get yourself in trouble but just fast enough to challenge yourself. If your ever in trouble, the guy to your left will show you tricks that the dash 8 can do that will save your ass no matter how far behind the plane you are. If you have a huge crosswind you have a two story high tail that will keep you lined up with the runway and high wings to prevent you from hitting the wing. If your landing long, slam it in reverse. If your landing hard it doesnt care. Piedmont will make you a good first officer because the captains have experience and will shape u into a fine fo and canidate for upgrade.

 

[Whataburger]

It's the Jeep Wrangler of the skies. Just keeps on keepin' on. However the "dozen good landings.......etc" comment earlier I dont agree with. I think I had less than a dozen greasers in 4000 hours. Pa-raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

 

[OPECJet]

I'm getting a little worried these days. Been on a good landing streak lately. Those airport crews should get ready to patch potholes in the runway because I'm due to open some overheads......

 

[johnsonrod]

Sounds like a fun airplane to fly. I am getting tired of my E145. I feel like I am getting a bit too dependent upon the glass sometimes. Those big dials and switches scare me....

 

[OPECJet]

Well, if you plan on moving to your base, PDT isn't bad.

If you commute, it sucks. I've been looking for an out for a while now, but haven't found anything that I think would suck less. Just don't see the point of leaving one regional for another. The grass might be a little greener, but there could be hidden cow piles in that grass.

I don't know what crews of ours you've been around, but I don't know of anyone here that's happy with the schedules as of late. Most days off in my base was 15 for an all out and back line. If you wanted trips with overnighters, you were stuck with 11 or 12 in a few cases. Most were 11.