Recency of experience

[DO-82 driver]

100k is big money depending on where you live...... In Alabama, Mississippi or anywhere in the deep South...you're a king at 100K....In TEB or LAX....you're almost on food stamps.

 

[buttercup]

Why should it matter where you live? Warren Buffett lives in Omaha and has 43 billion. It's all about understanding the value of what you're worth to do your job, otherwise you are selling yourself short. You guys with families leaving your kids for half the month ..I envy you yet pity you at the same time. Look at it that way 100k is sh*t.

 

[AirBear8]

A friend of mine I wrote an LOR for hasn't flown in over a year. The day after I emailed the LOR one of our pilot recruiters emaled me back asking what my friend had been doing to stay current & competitive. But they did send him an app. He's still waiting to hear back from that. He does have major airline experience with DC-10 and DC-9 type ratings.

AirBear

 

[AA717driver]

Thanks, airbear. I agree the recency of experience would be an issue with someone with 2000 hours. You get past a certain point and it takes about 30 minutes in the sim to shake off the rust. It's not like he's applying for a direct entry captain position. AND, it's not like he elected to leave his job and get out of aviation.

This is just another (easy) way for HR to weed out applicants.TC

 

[Guitar Guy]

TC - another way to look at is that NJA has a ton of applicants right now, so they want some way to weed out potential applicants, as you noted. But with the domicile debacle, if the pool of potential candidates dries up, you might well see the "recency of experience" issue go away.

Keep your eyes and ears open.