Which airline to fly for....

[Dumb Pilot]

Just go to where they are still paying good money to do the gig I say

 

[satpak77]

Eastern, TWA, Braniff, Pan Am. Pan Am is launch customer for 747, so that would be a cool place to be. All are established companies with international flying. "Proven" companies.

I repeat, Southwest, that outfit called "Federal Express" (flying Falcons to carry mail !), and that freight company United Parcel Service (they have those brown trucks) is looking at buying some planes to "try out" air freight (which won't work,thats why we have the MAIL - duh).

Stay away from those. You might be the first pilots hired in their history but it won't last and your retirement won't compare to big Pan Am.

I would use them as "stepping stones", maybe try out the airline world at SWA for a couple years but I would focus all my efforts into sliding over to TWA or Pan Am, they dominant the 747, L-1011, etc international arena and your career earnings and job stability will be much better off.

Also stay away from federal government jobs. Your income is "fixed" and retirement will always be X. FAA Flight Inspection, US Customs, etc are rumored to be hiring big time soon but keep your eye on the goal of AIRLINE PILOT. Pass on those jobs and interviews, you will just get side-tracked. You invested a lot in your training, go to the place it will be rewarded. That is the big iron-international carrier.

If you need further info, go to the library and read some of the books by DARBY, KIT. That will get you started.

 

[RJ Bum]

:laugh:

 

[fiel12]

Eastern, TWA, Braniff, Pan Am. Pan Am is launch customer for 747, so that would be a cool place to be. All are established companies with international flying. "Proven" companies.

I repeat, Southwest, that outfit called "Federal Express" (flying Falcons to carry mail !), and that freight company United Parcel Service (they have those brown trucks) is looking at buying some planes to "try out" air freight (which won't work,thats why we have the MAIL - duh).

Stay away from those. You might be the first pilots hired in their history but it won't last and your retirement won't compare to big Pan Am.

I would use them as "stepping stones", maybe try out the airline world at SWA for a couple years but I would focus all my efforts into sliding over to TWA or Pan Am, they dominant the 747, L-1011, etc international arena and your career earnings and job stability will be much better off.

Also stay away from federal government jobs. Your income is "fixed" and retirement will always be X. FAA Flight Inspection, US Customs, etc are rumored to be hiring big time soon but keep your eye on the goal of AIRLINE PILOT. Pass on those jobs and interviews, you will just get side-tracked. You invested a lot in your training, go to the place it will be rewarded. That is the big iron-international carrier.

If you need further info, go to the library and read some of the books by DARBY, KIT. That will get you started.

SWA won't make it a couple years. Braniff will kick their arse out of town.

 

[satpak77]

Braniff is a serious player in the business and should be considered in the job search

 

[Rebound]

Send in applications to all airlines you want to work for. If you receive multiple offers consider the following: domiciles, pay, retirement, future fleet plan, scheduled pilot retirements. After you make a choice, it is still a crap shoot. In May of 01, I applied to the three airlines I thought were the best in their category and would have been happy at any of them. I received three calls in four weeks: DAL, UPS, SWA. I chose DAL. I don't know if it was the correct choice but, I am having a good time and I try not to look back.

 

[Tail Gunner Joe]

Pan Am all the way.

They have first dibs on the Boeing SST (NYC-Tokyo turn -- in under 8 hours!)
And they have been taking reservations to space since the 1960s.

 

[ArtVandalay]

How about none of the above. The airlines are a joke, except when I need to go home on my last day....

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

Be glad if you get a job offer somewhere.

cliff
LFW

 

[General Lee]

Just go to where they are still paying good money to do the gig I say

Like in Japan where you aren't close to anything familiar, away from your family, friends, etc? They pay well in Dubai too, but reading PPRUNE it doesn't seem like many are happy with that situation. When are you coming back to the States anyway?


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Like in Japan where you aren't close to anything familiar, away from your family, friends, etc?

Not everyone is as narrow minded as you Alice, and the answer to your question is every month since I live in Minnesota

 

[Joblu]

National is a good bet. 727's, DC-10's and hot FA's!

 

[FO 4 Life]

UPS, FedEx or seek a different career. The ROI no longer exists.

You do realize UPS has pilots on furlough with the next bunch slated to go out 6/20.

 

[Big Slick]

Do yourself and your family a favor and do something else with you life.

 

[AA717driver]

Pan Am all the way.

They have first dibs on the Boeing SST (NYC-Tokyo turn -- in under 8 hours!)
And they have been taking reservations to space since the 1960s.

Yeah, but TWA has a much larger domestic feed and their management just bought Hardee's, Canteen Corp., Century 21 and Hilton Hotels to add to the bottom line, making TWA profitable for the foreseeable future.

And, TWA has SST's on order, too.

Can't go wrong.

TC