PCL.....wouldn't the description you give be a step up?
Hey, I don't want to sound too cynical.
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PCL.....wouldn't the description you give be a step up?
I hear Pinnacle is looking for street captains. is this true?
Would this be a wise move for a 2 yr FO at an airline with upgrades at 5+ years?
Going to PCL for a 'street CA' job does have some considerable career risk. The two big risks are a training failure on your permanent PRIA records and an LOI on your FAA records for some time.
PCL's initial ground schools are not taught by pilots. The ground school instructors run the gammit from ex schedulers to ex mechanics. Once in the procedures trainer and simulator it is normal to have a different instructor every session, and not have any one instructor twice. Most of the instructors have never been line pilots and several of them have no airline flight experience at all. Your initial oral and PC will be with a line qualified CA/Check Airman, and to the standards required by Appendix F of FAR 121.
Everyone in the last new hire class recorded at least one failure on a checking event, some had two failures and a few had three. A single failure in initial new hire generaly won't hurt you when you interview for another job. The last upgrade class had a failure rate of 80% on their intial type rides. Prior to that the rate had been running 30 to 50 percent. A type ride failure takes a lot of explaining in an interview. After all, the interview process at a major is designed to do two things. Find the applicants that will complete training on schedule and be good employees.
Once on the line the 'pilot pushing' by dispatch, maintence, crew scheduling and ramp/gate personnel is legendary. One pilot who had flown at every poor boy 1900 operater I knew refused to upgrade at PCL. He had 3000 PIC in 1900's and the engine failures to go with that time. His astute observation was everytime you sign a release at PCL you put your certificate on the line. He did not need the PIC time and would not take the risk.
If you go to PCL for the fast upgrade and PIC time you better be focused and have your A game on. If you don't you may be at a regional a lot longer than you planned.
not true...better regionals: Expressjet, Mesaba, Horizon, CHQ, etc...It is what it is - a regional - no better and no worse than the others.
Training was adequate. If you are average or better, and apply yourself, you will do fine. If you bust, it will be most likely because you deserved to bust. They won't give it to you, but it is not that hard, and obviously you have been through a 121 program and know what it is like.
interview some type of failure of a 121 event.