The Juice

Might be a little tough when you only have 2 hours over the min multi time. There are guys applying there with 121 PIC time. Good luck

ImEbee

Actually the entire sencond upgrade class has vacancies. The fact is that if you have ATP min you only need 300 hrs online in order to upgrade. The Farmington base, while very unpopular, gives new FO's a chance to build that time faster than sitting reserve in DEN and pick up an upgrade slot. While I expect the classes to fill in the future, we still have FO's who are eligible who are not submitting for what ever reasons and that gives junior FO's a chance to sneak in.

1900luxuryliner

Good point. But, hopefully collective bargaining will overcome what supply and demand would take away. Unions can be effective when the pilot group is a unified force. With our recent vote on the new union, it was obvious we are almost all on the same page, as far as change is concerned. Unity is step 1.

Parrothead

Only 121 PIC Time?!?! Shoot I have at least 200 PIC Time...

The Juice

Good one

dn_wisconsin

That is good, I'd bet there are some guys who have more PIC time moving a gear handle in an airplane thats older than most people flying!!! I'm sure some of them are applying at lakes....scary thought.

rickB

lakes is chill been here 5 months tho and still on reserve.. could have gotten a line in farmington but i passed that one up for obvious reasons lol ...... buuuut ya just kickin iT on reserve living the dream!! lots of cool captains to fly with tho and the beech is legit except if you have to fly the gulfstreams lol.. i did just talk to the assistant chief pilot tho and he was saying that they have been interviewing guys with 6 or 7000 hours so they hiring i think is getting a little more picky with the hard times right now... but this place is mad dog chill!

1900luxuryliner

I don't really know the answer to this, because I'm so far removed from what new guys are doing, but just curious: how long are FOs sitting reserve now, and how much are they using you on reserve? As in hours per month. Just wondering how long it would take someone to get 300 on the line, if they came in with ATP mins. Obviously, it doesn't apply to myself, because I'm already at Lakes, but I'm curious for other people's sake. If people need to get 300 on the line before they put-in for upgrade, but they are only using reserve FOs 30 hours/ month, it would take 10 months to get the 300 hours on the line. That would suck, especially for someone who is already well above ATP mins. But, if they are using guys 50-70/ month, that really wouldn't be too bad. A few months of reserve, study for upgrade while sitting on reserve, and put-in while still a reserve FO. That would be pretty nice for higher-time guys.

Luv2Rotate

I'd go to Farmpit if I had to. I'd rather do that and fly. When do you get to choose Farmpit or reserve? Any idea when LAS will open up? Interview is set and just trying to get a heads up.

rickB

been flying about 40 hours a month on reserve roughly... but then again i could probly do a little more if i was real persistent about calling crew scheduling all the time but i just chill and let them call me... cant even upgrade till im 23 anyways ...