dimondan

I saw a month ago that Trans States was advertising minimums of 250 and 25 and I was wondering if I applied in November with approx. 250 and 50, would it be wise or will I even be looked at.

Thanks for the time...

s10an

Give it a shot. You wont be the first one on property.... If you get hired and make it through training, good for you.... If not, get the CFI some hours and send out apps....

Good luck.

ScaryKite

do yourself a favor and go instruct or something to learn a thing or two before your throw yourself into 121 initial jet training! TSA is notorius for hiring low timers and filtering out people that can't cut it! give yourself a chance and get some experience first, the airlines will still be here in a year or two! And I would stay away from TSA! look at XJET, skywest, RAH!

KiloAlpha

Sorry to be a jerk, but I think we should let these 250 hour wonders get "weeded out". Anyone who thinks they should have 34-50 lives in their hands with only 250 hours deserves what he or she gets... OH SHlT, THAT LOOKS LIKE A CLOUD AHEAD! YOUR CONTROLS...

Flyboy8784

I'd have to agree with KiloAlpha....these airplanes are not easy. I had a 767 Capt. jumpseat the other day....first time on a CRJ...once we got out of 10,000 Ft the first thing he said was "My god...ya'll are busy". The training in intense. We had guys in our training with 6-700 hrs and over 100 multi and they still struggled. a few didnt make it....including a beech 1900 driver (still not sure about that one). Anyway If you wanna make it through the regional with minimal cuts and bruises....get some experience. It'll make your Captains alot happier too....

undflyboy06

Dimondan, a lot of these fellas are giving you good advice. It really depends on how you feel. If you feel comfortable with your low time and the prospect on flying a jet then apply, and best of luck to you. Also, there's no shame on gaining a little more experience so you feel more comfortable.

To give you hindsight, when I started class at TSA this July I had around 430 TT and 120 ME. There were a few fellas in my class that had ranged from upper 200's to lower 300 hours, but there was nobody with 250 TT and 25 ME.

Also, training is somewhat difficult, but if you study hard and stay motivated and don't psych yourself out you should do fine.

If you have any questions feel free to PM me.

dimondan

How did they fair in training? The reason I'm taking the big step is because I just had a bunch of fellow class-men make the step into Piedmont, Great Lakes, & Mesaba to name a few and they all had between 250 and 300 with approx. 50-75 multi and they all have finished I.O.E. successfully (30/30).

I don't currently have p.m. privileges yet so I must post back here.

Thanks again everyone who replied,

reevesofskyking

From last word I got from the office, is they are back to hiring mins of 500 and 50
and I think that is posted back online.
I dropped some resumes off that were in the high 200's and she said they were not looking at anything less than 400 and 50 multi right now.

I heard that was the same results from the last job fair at ORD.

There is alot of value of flight instructing for a while. And instructors are becoming high in demand, and there about the same amount of students for even less instructors. Seems like a good time to teach.

At least that is how it is back home where I am from.

If you did get in at 250, be prepared to work for it in training. It is doable.

It is work.

Reeves

flynavyj

30/30 ain't bad with a bunch of 250 hr guys...but hey, my class was 40 at TSA and we didn't graduate 40, and we're talking guys who weren't 250 hr wonders. Truth of the matter, if your friends had ALL come on to TSA, a good chunk of them would probably have pink lil' slips to take back with them before they do their CFI initial. The training program is do-able, but it's 50% effort, and 50% luck. If you're lucky, you'll make it, if not, you won't. That's the crappy part about a crappy company, don't get over anxious, and think "TSA" is your only option, there are better ones out there to those who wait.

Another note, i have two friends coming to TSA in oct, i didn't walk in their stuff another buddy did (i advised him against doing that though) but...they know what they're getting into, (they've each had atleast 3 friends not make it here) Well, they're about 300 hrs, maybe 350...under 100 multi, and it took a lot of pestering by the guy walking in their resume's to even get them the interview, but...they'll take a 250 guy, they just need to be desperate.

ExperimentalAB

I went through TSA's training last year at 500 TT...was the lowest time guy there w/o a Jet-Type already (they had hired a couple Riddle CAPT guys).

How did we do? Well 50% washed-out. Keep in mind that most of these guys had well over 1000 TT - they weren't hiring w/such low-time when I went through. Then, of those of us who actually made it through, only 50% of us (6, I believe) got through without busting a checkride and/or the Oral.

Friends don't let friends go through training at TSA, which is why I refused to walk-in any resumes...I didn't want to start them on that foot. I wont lie - it was three months of hell - always wondering if I was next on the chopping block to have my dreams squashed! But yes, it is possible. I think that if I had made it through, it's absolutely possible for anybody else to. Don't quite know why it isn't working like that though?!