jumping around
11-04-2005, 07:25 AM
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jumping around
from someone who is still learning the industry here:
when signing on with an airline, are there rules stating that you are required to stay at an airline for a year or 2 before leaving... i hear this is the case at Colgan, where you must stay for a year...
conversely, do pilots stay at an airline for 6 months, put a couple hundred more hours in the books and look elsewhere right away because they recently met the mins for a better airline... what are some of the rules on this? is it practiced? etc.
when signing on with an airline, are there rules stating that you are required to stay at an airline for a year or 2 before leaving... i hear this is the case at Colgan, where you must stay for a year...
conversely, do pilots stay at an airline for 6 months, put a couple hundred more hours in the books and look elsewhere right away because they recently met the mins for a better airline... what are some of the rules on this? is it practiced? etc.
11-04-2005, 07:49 AM
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I all depends on the company and the individual...seniority is everything in this business.
If a company requires you to sign a training contract then you have to stay or pay the balance (pro rated) to the company. My company has seen F/Os complete IOE and go to another regional right away. On the other hand my company has hired F/Os from other 121 carriers right off of IOE. That is up to the pilot and how much seniority he/she is willing to give up.
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If a company requires you to sign a training contract then you have to stay or pay the balance (pro rated) to the company. My company has seen F/Os complete IOE and go to another regional right away. On the other hand my company has hired F/Os from other 121 carriers right off of IOE. That is up to the pilot and how much seniority he/she is willing to give up.
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11-04-2005, 08:52 AM
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Ioe
Initial Operating Experience. It is where you, as the pilot fresh out of the simulator, will fly the line with a captain that could fly the airplane by himself if you turn out to be a flake in the cockpit. This happens right after the sim check but before you are given free reign to terrorize other line captains. This way you can kinda get a feel for things with someone who has lots of experience.
11-04-2005, 01:19 PM
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so in other words, you have a regular schedule like every other pilot, but everyday you get in the cockpit, its another checkride, day after day after day...
.. and yes, i already know, youre supposed to fly all of the trips like a checkride
.. and yes, i already know, youre supposed to fly all of the trips like a checkride
11-04-2005, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by UConnQB14
so in other words, you have a regular schedule like every other pilot, but everyday you get in the cockpit, its another checkride, day after day after day...
.. and yes, i already know, youre supposed to fly all of the trips like a checkride
.. and yes, i already know, youre supposed to fly all of the trips like a checkride
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