Where's My Phone Call?

[CatfishVT9]

No Name is a whiner

thats true, but explain how 700 hour pilot with no CFI are getting ahead of folks like this guy with 2500 who has obviously paid his dues, and not with a mastercard.

Wah, Wah, Wah.

You paid your dues? Right. I'm one of the guys who just got hired by Pinnacle. I guess I did pay for it. I paid with 20 years of flying from Aircraft Carriers. I paid with family separations of six months at a time.

So what did you pay? You should have spent the money on grammer lessons.

Catfish

 

[Humphry]

CATFISH, who exactly are you mad at?

 

[chperplt]

Maybe you need to redo your resume and cover letter. There might be something on it, or not on it, that doesn't attract the recruiter's attention.

 

[d.fitz]

Catfish,

No one on this board would EVER say that you did not pay your dues. You were mis-reading the group that the post was directed at.

Everyone here knows what kind of commitment you had to your job and you paid more than your fair share!

 

[Smacktard]

Catfish,

No one on this board would EVER say that you did not pay your dues. You were mis-reading the group that the post was directed at.

No, I'll say it. You accepted the job in the military knowing what the consequences were. You were paid, not very much, but you were paid nonetheless. You CHOOSE your career in the military and you sacrificed to accept a job that you felt would enhance your career. But what you are doing now is short changing the rest of us. These are two very different subjects.

You have now chosen to buy your way into the right seat of a 1900 and you tell us that you paid your dues elsewhere. What you have done by purchasing the right seat time HAS HURT US ALL. You have basically told the industry that people are desperate enough to pay for a job that should be paid for by the company. The Gulfstreams and Colgans instead of operating on the principle of paying two pilots to fly their planes, have been given carte blance to remove one crew member from their pay rolls.

That is one less position that a 135 pilot or CFI could have been getting paid to work in.

Thanks, I appreciate your efforts for selling us short. I will not forget. Perhaps soon I will be behind the table when you are interviewing with my company. Guess what, YOU WILL NEVER MAKE IT BY ME IN YOUR QUEST FOR A JOB. NEVER.

The beauty of this is that if only 5% of the pilots out there feel like I do, you have just decreased your chances down the road by 5%. You've made it harder on us and yourself.

All you PFT apologists can take this to heart. I have a long career ahead of me, I'm sure I will work at many airlines. Perhaps airlines that you dream of flying for. I will work my way into interviewing, it is something that I can do to help the industry (help by black balling every PFT'er I come across). I will not give a thumbs up to an interviewee who has PFT time on their resume. It's that simple. Good luck.

S

 

[Humphry]

CHERPLT, how much weight does a good coverletter hold as opposed to a so-so one in getting a phone call for an interview?

 

[chperplt]

I don't know..... My wife who is HR tells me that poorly written, or poorly formatted resumes and or cover letters get sent to the trashcan..

There was a post on the Major board about this very topic started by a 7 or 8000 hour guy. He finally used a professional resume writer..

 

[CatfishVT9]

Gosh I made someone mad......

You guys seem to miss my point. I dislike anyone who thinks they are better than someone else because of the way they got here, or the way they talk or any other reason. NoName is clearly one of these guys and that was only a shot at him.

My post may have come off the wrong way, and there are hundreds of guys who worked harder than I did.

Smacktard,
Do you think I should turn down a job so it can go to a CFI or 135 guy? Why are they better than me? I've got bills too and the big guys haven't called.

Also, check your facts. 1900s at Pinnacle? And that's pretty impressive that my taking a job (that I need) will be the downfall of the industry.

Just glad to be in the game,
Catfish

 

[Smacktard]

Smacktard,
Do you think I should turn down a job so it can go to a CFI or 135 guy? Why are they better than me? I've got bills too and the big guys haven't called.

Also, check your facts. 1900s at Pinnacle? And that's pretty impressive that my taking a job (that I need) will be the downfall of the industry.


If you PFT'd to get to Pinnacle via Gulfstream, which, coincidentally, flies 1900s, then Yes, you are contributing to the degredation of the industry and Yes I think a CFI or 135 guy is more deserving than you. If you didn't, thanks for your service and I'll shut the Fizzuck up!

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I'd rather hire a guy who served in the military and chose to PFT on his return than ANYONE who quotes "Snoopdog" and believes it is appropriate language for adult conversation.

"shut the Fizzuck up!"

Oh god yes...please do.

 

[CatfishVT9]

Now THAT was funny! But how did you know it was Snoopdog? HMMMM!!!

 

[Swaayze]

Ha ha. I think his alias says it all.

 

[Smacktard]

I'd rather hire a guy who served in the military and chose to PFT on his return than ANYONE who quotes "Snoopdog" and believes it is appropriate language for adult conversation.

Adult converstions? Please. Which site are you logged into? As for hiring a PFT'r, well, that is another topic altogether. I'm not sure how you could justify it, given what you've been thru with the furloughes and management's tactics, kind of puzzles me.

 

[jtm2222]

Thanks, I appreciate your efforts for selling us short. I will not forget. Perhaps soon I will be behind the table when you are interviewing with my company. Guess what, YOU WILL NEVER MAKE IT BY ME IN YOUR QUEST FOR A JOB. NEVER. All you PFT apologists can take this to heart. I have a long career ahead of me, I'm sure I will work at many airlines. Perhaps airlines that you dream of flying for. I will work my way into interviewing, it is something that I can do to help the industry (help by black balling every PFT'er I come across). I will not give a thumbs up to an interviewee who has PFT time on their resume. It's that simple. Good luck.

With your attitude I doubt you will be around long My guess is you will be spotted far away and your days numbered by actual Captains. Your attitude is what aviation can do without and not soon enough. The guys at SWA will love ya, only from behind

 

[Smacktard]

With your attitude I doubt you will be around long My guess is you will be spotted far away and your days numbered by actual Captains.

Keep dreaming apologist!