JetBlue App. Military Conversion Factor still on?

[Rebel]

Does anybody know if JetBlue still does a 1.3 per hour military conversion factor? On the old internet application system it clearly stated to use the military conversion factor and multiply all your hours by 1.3, but when I went on their new application to fill it out it did not mention anything about it at all. Are military people assuming they are still going with it, or have they dropped the conversion factor all together?

 

[Swede]

Are you sure its X 1.3? That would mean a 10 hour C17 mission would yield 13 hours, not realistic. A better conversion would be to add 0.3 to 0.5 hours to the flight time to account for ground time. It seems each employer tends to account for mil time in a different way.

 

[Alaskawannabe]

The old application did indeed include a 1.3 multiple for military time. The instructions specifically stated to multiply all the applicable military time by 1.3. Easiest 1000 hours I ever logged! I looked but could not find anywhere on the new application calling for a military hour multiple, so I just used straight time. It has always seemed that Jetblue takes a cross section of pilots from many backgrounds and they do this intentionally. With that in mind, I would think that military guys/gals are mostly competing with other military guys/gals making a conversion factor moot anyway. Just one opinion...

 

[jetpilot243]

I'm doing my app now and I didn't bother with the conversion factor.

 

[MercuryPilot]

No military conversion required

Military Brothers & Sisters,

Several of us asked Dean about the old 1.3 hour multiplier recently. He flat out said it no longer exists. Therefore, just post your military hours translated into civilian PIC/SIC and DO NOT use the old multiplier.

JB interviews/hires a very diverse group of pilots. Before an interview they set a percentage of total interviewees that will be furloughs, commuters, military, corporate, etc. W/this in mind, furloughs are compared to furloughs, commuters to commuters, military to military, etc. What this means is that you are only competing w/the other military applicants. It wouldn't make any sense for all the military folks to use a multiplier because you are only competing against the other military folks who also would be using the same multiplier so all the hours would increase by the same increment.

Clear as mud? Bottomline, don't use any multiplier. If you do and your hours are compared to your logbook there will certainly be a question about your integrity at the interview.

Here's a quote from Dean when asked about the multiplier: "They don't have to do that as we don't have to try to compare them to the rest of the database any longer. It's 'apples to apples' so the conversion isn't an issue. "


Good luck to all! This is a fantastic place to work regardless of what you occasionally read on this board.


MP

 

[dabandermac]

I know Delta does/did multiply fighter time by 1.7

 

[KC-10 Driver]

Wasn't there a time when UAL would triple single seat (ie. fighter and/or trainer) time? In other words, 1000 hours becomes 3000 hours.


That was very frustrating to me when I was trying to get an interview there years ago -- especially considering the fact that I had 1000's of PIC hours in the DC-10 type, which UAL flew at the time.

 

[jetpilot243]

3 for the price of 1 seems a bit high. The highest I've ever heard of was JetBlue's 1.3 x your total hours. Fedex ~ .2/sortie Southwest ~ .3/sortie etc

 

[KC-10 Driver]

Maybe it was an urban legend...

But, all the heavy drivers I knew at the time (myself included) would moan about the "unfair" advantage given to the pointy nose guys.

 

[Balut]

Conversion factor

I just re-applied using the new application and it still mentioned the conversion factor:

"Military Pilots may use a conversion factor which adds .3 hours to any time flown in military operation. Simply multiply the applicable hours by 1.3 and record them in the appropriate fields below."

I didn't apply the conversion, since it was mentioned above that Dean said it doesn't apply anymore. Just interesting that the application still has it on there (especially since some posts suggest it doesn't).