Cockpit Chronicles: Landing an airline pilot job just got harder, but here's one way to do it.

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7-03-2011 @ 5:51PM

Ed said...

My advice would be to finish flight school as quick as possible, and apply with a carrier like American Eagle. They are hiring at 800/100 and 500/50 if you got trained at that certain national flight school. I am not affiliated w/said school, and in fact have done all my training at the local part 61 school. However, I am planning to do their 2 week CFI/MEI/II course, teach for as long as it takes to have the numbers, and beat the the 1500 hr rule.
And regarding that piece of legislation, I understand your point about buying a plane to build hours (and think it's good advice), I just don't believe we will have better pilots because some guy's logbook has an extra 1200 hrs of VFR flying.
Now if it was all done in the Alaska bush that's another story....

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