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[GLEXPilot]

Maybe you're right. I don't think there's all that many E-170/190 corporate gigs though. And frankly, if the person who's doing the hiring cares about the type, they're an idiot because it means nothing in reality.

Well you are right and wrong, not to many 170 or 190 jobs corporate. But unfortunately many times for a candidate to even get to meet the CP or the DO at a corporate flight department they must first pass the HR peoples screening who know nothing about aviation, and unfortunately that often requires having the type.

 

[ultrarunner]

You would be wrong, if you wanted to go corporate and fly something like a E-170 or 190 in the corporate world, the type may be the difference between getting the job and not getting the job.

Not at a company that you would WANT to work for. Good corp outfits hire the person....

Qualed in their specific type is WAY down their list, with the exception, again, of the bottom-feeder outfits....

 

[GLEXPilot]

Ultra I guess it depends on what corporate company you would want to work for.
If you think that bank of America, 3M, Motorola, McDonalds, Kraft foods are bad places to work then you would be right, however I am pretty sure that you would jump at the chance to fly a G5 or a global express for a fortune 500 company making close to 200K a year while traveling the world and also having more time off then you could have ever dreamed possible.
You are right. Good corporate outfits hire the person, however they still must make it past HR screening.

 

[BoilerUP]

"Getting past HR" without being typed shouldn't be an issue if the Director of Aviation and/or Chief Pilot don't list it as a requirement when they hand HR details about the qualifications for the position.

Hell, I'd surmise most HR types residing outside of C-level have no clue their companies operate airplanes, let alone what type rating they use.

 

[GLEXPilot]

"Getting past HR" without being typed shouldn't be an issue if the Director of Aviation and/or Chief Pilot don't list it as a requirement when they hand HR details about the qualifications for the position.

Hell, I'd surmise most HR types residing outside of C-level have no clue their companies operate airplanes, let alone what type rating they use.

Unfortunately that has been taken away from a lot of flight departments at larger companies, I have quite a few friends that are DOs or CPs at large fortune 500 companies and when they want to hire they get their resumes from the HR department, the HR department does the initial screenings.
I don't like the practice either, and I am fortunate to run a small intimate flight department where we don't have to deal with BS like that. I was simply explaining to the gentleman above that type ratings are not worthless as he believes them to be.

 

[BoilerUP]

Unfortunately that has been taken away from a lot of flight departments at larger companies, I have quite a few friends that are DOs or CPs at large fortune 500 companies and when they want to hire they get their resumes from the HR department, the HR department does the initial screenings.

Without trying to argue (we're on the same page)...even if HR is the 'keeper of the gates' on resumes, HR has to get the requirements for such a specialized job from SOMEWHERE prior to the vacancy being posted and resumes being collected.

If the job requirements sent to HR don't specify a requirement for a type rating, its very likely HR won't use having or not having the appropriate rating as a candidate screening device.

 

[GLEXPilot]

Boiler, I don't know where they get the idea, I don't know if it is from looking at other requirements from other companies, or from head hunting groups like JPI, I just know that the CP or DO will get the approval to hire, call HR and tell them that they have an opening, and HR will ask some qualifications that the DO or CP requires, they will publish those, and then they will also ad on their own, that is where you see things like a college degree or type required come into play. I would be willing to be the the bean counters add the type and currency due to trying to keep cost down.