Why is Express Jet Bothering with LOW TIMERS?

[about time]

I for the life of myself don not understand why my employer hires these low time pilots, when you have qualified people on the street such as my brother and sisters from Indpendence Air. I am happy that our training department is cracking down and getting rid of these inexperienced pilots.
We had this idiot from Hawaii in my class who was let go from training after failing his checkride, all the while I was thinking "yep another no experience pilot taking a seat from a qualified person." It just gets to me when one my experienced friends can not get on here, but they will hire Mr.Aloha,(by the way good luck at getting on with another 121 outfit Aloha boy, IT WON'T HAPPEN). I quess what I am trying to say to the low timers out there is that don't expect any breakes here, I mean seariously it is not that hard to fly a jet. I can't wait til I get to do interview one day, stand by!

 

[MaxPilot]

Were you drunk when you wrote this?

 

[mamba20]

about time,

If your airline says that the qualifications for employment are 600/100 (which I agree is a little light) then thats what the req's are. If they make it through the same training you did then how are they not qualified when they interviewd and trained by YOUR company? There are plenty of people with more time that fail out of airline training too.

My sim partner in initial had never been above 10,000 feet in his life and he took to flying the CRJ like a duck to water and nailed his/our PC. Some people get it and some dont.

Point being, if "low timers" can hack then congrats and more power to them!

 

[Flechas]

about time,

If your airline says that the qualifications for employment are 600/100 (which I agree is a little light) then thats what the req's are. If they make it through the same training you did then how are they not qualified when they interviewd and trained by YOUR company? There are plenty of people with more time that fail out of airline training too.

My sim partner in initial had never been above 10,000 feet in his life and he took to flying the CRJ like a duck to water and nailed his/our PC. Some people get it and some dont.

Point being, if "low timers" can hack then congrats and more power to them!

I agree, if they can pass the PC and IOE, then they should be ok. Maybe the interview should be a little more demanding, like having to do a sim profile.

 

[labbats]

I always felt the same way as the original poster. When I was instructing, sometimes students would come in with student loans to pay for their instruction! Haha! To think that I would have to teach some gutter rat who doesn't even have rich enough parents to create a trust fund for his or her whims is revolting. Luckily, I invested in a noseplug to remove their laborious odor as I taught them how a real gentleman flies. I don my cape and board my limousine now that I am a wealthy regional pilot, and forget those awful times.

 

[NYCPilot]

I agree that there are a lot of low time pilots getting hired. But from a management standpoint, economically they feel that there will be less turnover with lower time pilots. If the low time guy meets the standards and makes it through probation,etc. then he is qualified.

 

[dojetdriver]

I agree that there are a lot of low time pilots getting hired. But from a management standpoint, economically they feel that there will be less turnover with lower time pilots.

Good point, with the current hiring boom going on and the rapid ugrades at ExpressJet, I understand their concern.

 

[T-REX]

I agree, if they can pass the PC and IOE, then they should be ok. Maybe the interview should be a little more demanding, like having to do a sim profile.

Pinnacle 3701 crew passed PC and IOE. Guess they were just good enough that day.

 

[410dude]

breakes here, I mean seariously it is not that hard to fly a jet. I can't wait til I get to do interview one day, stand by!

Seriously, how hard is it to spell breaks and seriously! But what do I know, I'm just a low time jet pilot!!!

 

[coolyokeluke]

"Rapid upgrades going on at XJT" ??? Sarcasm maybe? Anecdotal (sp) evidence but most of the pilots I've met who are currenty upgrading were hired just prior to the 9/11 era.

The 600 hour guys from ATP's seem to do fine, more power to them. I wish I could've been hired with those times. I think a lot of that has to do with them being accustomed to a fast pace of learning which positions them to do well for more firehose type training. Either that or those near jet speeds that seminole accustoms them to!

 

[Alchemy]

Wow Mr. About Time, it's amazing you aren't director of Training Department by now! Guess which people in my newhire class had the most retraining events, longest IOE's, and scored most poorly on the indoc and systems writtens? The 600-800 hr newhires you say? WRONG.

It was the middle aged pilots who'd been flying boxes in recips or been switch bitches in a citation or something similair. The young instructors for the most part fared well. The strongest trainees were obviously the few that had flown prior 121 or had a 91/135 job where they actually got to FLY the airplane.

Now am I saying I was gods gift to jet pilots when they slung in me the right seat of the ERJ at 800 hrs and asked me to fly a Love field turn out of IAH with icing and thunderstorms? No, far from it. If the IOE check airman had a heart attack at went comatose on the takeoff roll could I have safely swung the thing back around for an ILS and landing? Definitely. Does having 800 hrs and being 22 years old mean I include the words "like", "dude", and "totally" in every sentence in the cockpit? No. Is trying to predict a pilot's skill and learning ability based solely on his or her age and the number in the back of their logbook a foolish way to run an airline hiring department? Yes.

Expressjet looks for the total package in the interview....they do a pretty good job of screeing the flakes and weirdos. Yet somehow I managed to slip through their defenses....interesting.

 

[erj-145mech]

I for the life of myself don not understand why my employer hires these low time pilots, when you have qualified people on the street such as my brother and sisters from Indpendence Air. I am happy that our training !

Maybe XJT is hiring them because they don't have a pi$$ poor attitude. Getting along with a crew in a crew environment is just as important as time in an airplane.

 

[iflysky]

It just happens to be, I was in the same class as you at XJT and also a former
I-guy. Although I very much do wish that XJT hired everyone of our furloughed brothers and sisters, however in yours friends case it had absolutely nothing to do with experience. Rumor has it, that it was his attitude that got the door slammed in his face. Before you get on these boards accusing low timers for your friends attitude problems get your fact straight, bud.
Attitude plays a big role in this business. Experience is not only measured by how many hours you have or how many types you have flown, but also by your personality and trait.

 

[hbrow15]

wow, a guy has a problems during training and he gets called out..what did he do to deserve your rath and what does him being from Hawaii has to do with anything for all our sakes I hope you dont get to do any interviews, we'll have to give concessions to settle the lawsuits. Maybe we hire low timers because they are usually happy to be here instead of thinking someone owes them something. By the way my training class had a guy that failed training at PCL. Good luck to your brothers and sisters at I-Air.

 

[Beechman]

When I was instructing, sometimes students would come in with student loans to pay for their instruction! Haha! To think that I would have to teach some gutter rat who doesn't even have rich enough parents to create a trust fund for his or her whims is revolting. Luckily, I invested in a noseplug to remove their laborious odor as I taught them how a real gentleman flies. I don my cape and board my limousine now that I am a wealthy regional pilot, and forget those awful times.

Are you serious? Perhaps trying to impress us with your wealthy upbringing? My parents didn't pay for my flight training. Got a full-time job while in college working for an airline where now I serve as a captain. I feel sorry for anybody that has to use the mask's that you are. Sorry indeed.

Perhaps you can add the following words to your vocabulary: humble...thankfull.