JoeyMeatballs

hahaha thats a classic post I love it

Fly IFR

Hahaha, I hope I didn't start an arguement...

hendefea

I know that asa is sometimes offering interviews with the right total time...but if you dont have 50 multi.....you call them back when you do...and your in.

4N1flyr

Heard today about some ERAU kid getting hired at ASA with something like 300/25, after he interned there. Someone else landing another job with just less than 400/40 (another ERAU i think).

Korean1DR

Whoa... I've heard of low timers getting hired, but 25 multi? Never heard of it that low before...

palgia841

That is plain scary. Period.

ToiletDuck

That's a typical flame. And the military guys usually instruct for a few years anyway FYI. at least the airforce guys.

ToiletDuck

[QUOTE=Ftrooppilot;123772]Our cropduster always tells me if you want to learn how to really handle a plane then fly a taildragger. And if you really want to learn about weather to fly a sailplane. Out here in Uvalde they have a glider competition every few years. A japanese man came out here in a C-170. Took off to 1k agl then shutoff the engine and didn't land for several hours. I'm starting to notice things myself. I've found that even in a C-172 when I see buzzards circling around out here in the desert I go to where they are then go full idle and do gentle 10-20 degree banking circles at best glide. It's not uncommon for me to get 600fpm climb. I usually top out around 4k feet. Then glide over to another one and do it again. I've never shut the engine off so I've got a little power to help me out but it's the most fun flying i've done yet.

ryane946

[QUOTE=ToiletDuck;124204]Sounds like you need a glider rating. It is very easy if you already have an ASEL. The minimums are 10 flights and 3 hours. Most active pilots with a private or better can get a glider rating at close to minimums. I did. Under $1,000.

Talk about low time (no pun intended!)

warriordriver

Im sure its been mentioned before, but there was a UND grad that was hired at Pinnacle with 280 TT and 28 multi. The scary thing is, there were some guys in the same class with half of his TT. Ive got a buddy thats going through training with him right now and he says the kid is a complete tool, although he is making it through the training better than some of the other people in the same class with 5 times the hours he does (thats scary i can even say that ) . Their class should be on IOE sometime in the next couple of weeks.

I know this is beating a dead horse, but ill add my two whacks in after reading countless posts on this site on the issue. Im a practicing CFI and to be honest, I think the experience of having someone unintentionally trying to kill you day in and day out has made me a more confident and careful pilot; although being a CFI is certainly not the only way to do this. IMHO, to be a safe airline pilot, you obviously need to have great instrument skills, but you also need the confidence and situational awareness to detect and correct a mistake before it kills you. Does a 280 hour pilot have these skills? Hell no. It doesnt matter if you come from ERAU, UND, all ATP, etc. Im a low time pilot (with almost double the hours as the 280 hour guy) and I know im not ready for an airline cockpit. I may have the flying skills, but I know I need time to improve my decision making skills. Heck, there are some CFI applicants with 280 hours that cant even make a decision on a POA for a lesson let alone handle a decision at 250 kias. SJS should be a disqualifying medical condition for a second class medical. All right, my two whacks are done.