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Like I said above, with the current situation you have people furloughed from UAL, AA, USA, etc, etc all looking for jobs, regionals included, now these people don't have 1500 TT. So I would find it unlikely that you'd be (in these times) to be hired right at mins.

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First of all, most furloughees from the majors wont go applying to the regionals. They are not gonna go back to staying at motel 6, getting paid 16K a year, and sitting reserves after they have been flying for a legacy carrier. Secondly I heard from some people in the regionals, that they try to stay away from hiring major furloughees because if they get recalled, they will leave. Someone also told me they dont want to hear them b*tch because they were so used what the majors were providing.

and response to falconCapt. Its definitely true that there is no substitute for expereince. the confidence level I have now at 800 hours is far greater than what it was at 400. so dropping mins from 1000 to 600 is huge. But the Capt is PIC, and he has the experience. The mins to move to the left seat I assure you, have not changed.

i agree with what capt chris said, pre 9/11 i heard they were hiring like crazy picking up people at 5-600 hours. as a flight instructor, hearing that an airline has dropped their mins is music to their ears.

-brian