Usa Jet

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What are competitive mins at USA JET?

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

I think the official mins are about 1500/500. I'm not sure about competitive.

Keep in mind that last month was atypical, but is does give you an idea you can make more than at the regionals.

Last Jun a Falcon FO made almost $7K in that month alone.

cliff
YIP

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

Sorry. Bad info. The pilot recruiting situation has gotten much more competitive in the last 2 months.

NEW MINIMUMS:
Commercial-MEL
Instrument-Airplane
You will need STRONG instrument skills, or you won't make it through training. Currently you get 5 sims and your checkride.

Had a guy with 1000/500 for the current class that seemed kind of low time, but workable. When USAJet called him, he had been hired in India as an off the street CRJ captain.
$60+K base
Housing provided for his family
Schooling provided for his kids
Much/all of his salary tax free.

India needs about 11,000 airline pilots in the next 3 years. Last year they produced 150 commercial pilots. 1/2 of their pilot training schools closed this year because virtually all of their instructors had been hired by the airlines.

cliff
YIP

 

[Sunnfun]

Had a guy with 1000/500 for the current class

But still, the training is very good. They really want you to succeed. Sure you have to study and even a study group at night after GS might be a good idea, but still they want you to get training done. They know that it's a demanding job, after all it's not easy to sit in LRD for a week and a half and all of a sudden you go and shoot a VOR/DME to mins into Saltillo. There mighty be a lot of idle time but you have to be sharp when you have to... My longest time between trips was 5 1/2 weeks (In summer luckily, had a nice tan going... ), but when you get a trip you have to be 110% focused.

Cheers,
Sunnfun