gold

I know someone that was hired at United with about 1500 hours and an ATP and not 121/135 experience. I'm not sure when he was hired, but he is now an A320 captain and is in his 40s-50s. He did some sort of internship and probably had a few connections. I think you mentioned previously that you are in high school. If that is the case, I would start networking and trying to make friends with current 121 pilots. Best of luck to you.

goaround2000

Apples to oranges, overseas they actually utilize ab-initio airline sponsored programs that have demonstrated a greater chance of success than 61-41 programs that do not provide the structure or tools to be a proactive pilot on the flight deck as oppose to a clueless wonder!

ShyGuy

It's okay for a 1000 hr pilot to fly a 50 or 70 seater CRJ but not okay to fly a 150 seater B737?

SilverandSore

Anything is possible but it's not very likely. A new hire regional FO that has completed IOE is a better bet for that possibility (they've proven they can get thru training and sim). I wouldn't plan a career on it but if you're talking hypothetical, who knows, anything is possible in 10 years.

DeadHead

And that my friend is why you are inexperienced in both ability and attitude.

I urge you to think about that before you get insulted.

200Driver

The safety record over seas isn't terrible but is also not to the standards of the united states. Statisticly the rest of the world does have a greater percentage of accidents. Some countries much higher than others.

http://www.boeing.com/news/techissues/pdf/statsum.pdf

You can never replace experience...

To the OP question; who knows...what does AMR, DL etc do with scope? Economy? You are asking to predict something that is almost ten years out. IMHO I hope things do turn around for pilots, and the airlines feel the shortage on a large scale. I think this will happen but it will take time and perseverance amoung the pilot group as a whole.

skylover

Just out of curiosity (honest - I'm not in the business of making enemies here), what is the difference?

Systemized

You will gain wisdom(atitude) with years of experience in the industry and you will gain valuable experience as you accumulate flight hours. If you are still in high school and look forward to a career in the airline industry, I would recommend trying to get accepted to the Airforce Academy in Colorado Springs(if that's something that would interest you).

DeadHead

Neither am I, I sincerely don't mean it as an insult in anyway when I say inexperience.
Personally I think we are all inexperienced in many ways since we are always learning and improving on our abilities as pilots. The second you start believing you have it all figured out is the second something will pop up and surprise you.

I've never flown a CRJ-700, but I am sure anyone who has can attest to the amount of flying, knowledge, and experience one attains from working a busy regional airline pilot schedule. It is much different then jumping into a B737 and flying transcon red-eye flights. (Just an example)


My point is, a little humility can go a long way. My first airline job was flying a Saab 340 and I was ecstatic to be done with flight instructing at the time. Not saying I didn't enjoy being a CFI, but I was start to get burned out with it.

If I could give you one piece of advice, take one step at a time and try to enjoy yourself along the way.

Mephesto

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