jetBlue Mins

[lookin4better]

Are these hard mins? I have heard of some getting on without meeting them? Any truth or just rumor? Thanks in advance to any Blue pilots

 

[Dave's kid]

I have not heard of anyone getting hired with less than the minimums. I think it is safe to say that they are all hard times.

There is sometimes confusion about the PIC requirement. It is 1000 hours of PIC, not turbine PIC. It is possible to get hired at JetBlue with no turbine PIC.

 

[Whiskerbizkit]

Have not heard of anyone getting on with no turbine PIC.

 

[Dave's kid]

I didn't say it ever has or ever would happen, just that it could happen.

 

[B190Captain]

I didn't say it ever has or ever would happen, just that it could happen.

Like winning the lotto?

 

[Dave's kid]

Like winning the lotto?

Exactly!

 

[CX880]

It is 1000 hours of PIC, not turbine PIC. It is possible to get hired at JetBlue with no turbine PIC.

Then what is the aircraft weight limit they have in the mins for?

 

[Dave's kid]

Then what is the aircraft weight limit they have in the mins for?

You can get the weight requirement as SIC. So you may flight instruct and/or fly night cargo in a Cessna 310 to get the 1000 PIC. Then get hired at the dream regional of your choice and get the time needed to meet the weight and turbine requirements.

 

[CaptainSpaz]

Minimum Qualifications:

- 1500 hours total time in airplanes (excluded: Helicopter, Simulator, Flight Engineer time)
- 1000 hours turbine in airplanes
- 1000 hours Pilot in Command Time*
- 1000 hours in airplanes at or above 20,000 pounds (maximum takeoff weight) or 1000 hours in large jet-powered airplanes at or above 12,500 pounds (maximum takeoff weight)

 

[GuinessGuy]

Tubojet/FMS time should be added to those mins. I've been trying to get a buddy an interview for a long time, but the hiring committee says....."no jet time, no interview."
This guy as loads of time in large turboprops more than doubling all the mins, but no-joy for an interview.