coldpilot

Yeah I happened to catch that after the fact, sorry about that. Just another case of my selective reading . That does seem odd since you never interviewed. Well, best of luck!

ERJ135

I have applied for Express three times now. Once when i met the mins, a second when I was 800tt and 120multi and now when I am at 1000 and 140multi. Then I have a kid I know I went to college with who stopped flying for while then went to ATP and just started class with 500 and 100 mulit. I don't know what I am wrong

fins

This may just muddy the waters a bit as to what XJT is looking for, but here goes anyway...

I have an interview coming up. I have 1600TT/150ME, along with 10 years of experience in another career field. I'm not the low time ATP type, but I don't have the flight time qualifications the guy who started the thread has either.

Your guess is as good as mine. Take a look at aviationinterviews.com. You can see the qualifications of the actual interviewees and compare. It seems like there's a wide range at XJT....

XtremeF150

As I stated before I couldn't get an interview with a turboprop carrier even though I had around 3000. I applied to almost every carrier I could think of at the time. Some where obviously not hiring but I thought what the heck, might as well. However, didn't get any interview calls. ASA called and wanted to know why I had so much time. Even asked if I was furloughed? Yeah right, not yet. Well, anyways like I said many of these airlines tend to like these low time guys. It hurts to see the guys you've been giving instruction to getting jobs that you applied to.

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Geronimo4497

For a while I thought it might be me, also. I ended up having my resume redone by a professional, and I have now gotten 3 calls for different regional type interviews and 1 corporate. The way you present your resume to a potential employer is their first interaction with you, persay. I think it makes a huge difference. I'm not really looking for a job, BTW, I was just curious as to how the job market is doing this year.

JMT21

This was my first thought too.

BURflyer

I really don't think it's your flight time, after all regionals want to get rid of you as soon as they can. ExpressJet likes and is obligated to hire the Pay for Job guys from the academies. I think they're just not hiring people from the streets right now. Try Skywest or Pinnacle, they like to hire those with over 2000 hours. With your hours you probably would have no trouble finding a corporate job.

iflyjets4food

Try to get on somewhere as a direct entry captain. There are some out there that hire those. Skip the FO sillyness. Of course that is easier said than done.

SkyHigh

As pilots we have only a small envelope of time to move on to the next level. Over qualification tells a company that either you are defective in someway or don't really want to fly for them or else you would have applied much sooner. Sometimes it is easy to stay put at a comfortable stop on the way up the ladder, but it can have devastating results.

Consider reducing the flight time on your resume and see if it changes anything. I don't think it is lying. A few years ago I was laid off from a 757 job. I tried in vein to get hired as a 135 pilot in Alaska. The first few resumes mailings went unanswered. Then I subtracted all my airline time and the phone rang off the hook. When they asked what I had been doing during the past 6 years I told them I was flying for the airlines and left it out since I didn't think the time was relevant to their operations. It worked like a charm.

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LJDRVR

Express likes to hire a wide cross section of pilots from varied backgrounds. We are not "obligated" to hire anybody, and I doubt highly there is any institutional slant toward bridge program candidates.

It can be very frustrating when you see other, seemingly less qualified applicants get a call when you don't. Unfortunately, it happens every day in our industry. The best advice I can offer is that if you really want to work here, continue to update and learn as much as you can about us. Do you know any XJT pilots? If not, maybe you should attempt to meet one. Recommendations are taken very seriously here. Your student got hired before you did? Ask him or her for some help.

Continually strive to improve your qualifications and build experience and flight time.