What do you think of this?

[daddysquared]

I got this right off the Pan Am Academy website FAQ page:

Q: How long will I spend at a ‘regional airline’?
A: This varies depending on the individual. Typically, a pilot may fly as a first officer at a regional airline for about 1.5 years, then upgrade to captain. Once a regional airline captain for about 1.5 years, pilots are often hired by the major airlines. So, a common example is about 3 years at a regional airline prior to moving to a major airline.

Bad Info?

 

[banned username 2]

This info was probably valid back in the late 90's when airlines were hiring like crazy.

Lets take a look at things today, the "Majors" have well over 10,000 pilots out of work on Furlough... Do you think that you will only spend 3 years at a Regional today because that "Major" will be knocking on your door? I wouldn't bet on it. As a matter of fact, I bet a LOT of the guys who are at Regionals today will spend the rest of their careers there, seeing how the Regionals are growing and the Majors are shrinking.

 

[fletch717]

My guess is 2 1/2 to 3 years to up grade at a regional and then it's a crap shoot. I would figure 6,000 hours and more than 1,000 121PIC jet would probably do it.

 

[tk855]

I remember sitting in a room at DAL back in January 2001. It was the first day of my internship and a Captain from the training department was explaining to us how important it was to keep our noses clean while on the internship, because it wouldn't take long and we might have a shot at interviewing with Delta. He told us that the average time a pilot was spending at the regionals was "26.1" months. That was back in 2001!!! My how times have changed since then.

tk

 

[minrest]

It's amazing what these schools will say in order to make money. Even pre-9-11, the typical pilot was not getting to the majors in 3 years. That's not to say the the majors weren't hiring people with 3 years in the regional, but that the number of pilots in regionals far outweighed the slots available at the major airlines. As the RJ explosion continued and grows into 70, 90, 110 seat aircraft, you can bet that the average time in the regionals will easily exceed 10 years.

 

[bart]

With the looming pilot shortage that I read of in every ad in Flying, you should expect to instruct for a week and a half followed by three months at the regionals and then on to the majors for a year or two before you take the left seat in the space shuttle.

Then again, now that I think of it, if I was selling flight training I would tell you anything to get you to give me your money.

 

[daddysquared]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Good One.

 

[avbug]

Pilot shortage refers to height, not quantity.

We have a glut of overqualified, really short pilots.

 

[350DRIVER]

With over 10,000 guys on the streets I find this information to be just a tad old and possibly somewhat outdated however one must also figure in a few of the other options... If you get on with regional X and fly right seat for 1.5 to 2 years, upgrade to captain and stay put for another year or so then it would not be "impossible" to then get on with an airline like America West Airlines, ATA, Air Tran, etc, etc, ..... These guys will continue to hire so a jump like this is possible present day so I suppose that statement isn't completely "incorrect", maybee just a tad misleading.


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