American Eagle mins lowered to 350/50

[aloft]

Found this in my inbox today:

American Eagle Airlines would like to announce upcoming First Officer job fairs and changes to our current minimums. We are now accepting applications with 350 hours of total time and 50 hours of multi time. For further details regarding minimums and upcoming job fairs, please go to our website at www.americaneaglecareers.com.

Upcoming Job Fairs:

April 5, 2008-Chicago
Holiday Inn Select ORD
10233 West Higgins Road
Rosemont, IL 60018

April 12, 2008-New York Area
Marriott LGA Airport
102-05 Ditmars Blvd
East Elmhurst, NY 11369

At each job fair, a presentation will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will be followed by a Q & A session and prescreening interviews. First Officer interviews, consisting of a Human Resource interview and a Technical interview, will be held at the hotel for qualified pilots.

Pilots selected during this interview process will be scheduled to come to Dallas to complete the simulator portion of the interview. Please bring a resume’ or complete an application online at www.americaneaglecareers.com and bring the application with you to the job fair. Details regarding current minimums and other requirements for an interview can be found on our website.

American Eagle currently has domicile selection program, with selection from available bases made prior to the start of training. Please email Karen at AmericanEagle@airlineapps.com for questions regarding any upcoming job fairs.

Karen Floyd
American Eagle
Pilot Recruitment

[mojo6911]

Here is a tip: Raise your pay!

[flyinkibblez]

Originally Posted by mojo6911

Here is a tip: Raise your pay!

never gonna happen so long as pilots with 350/50 keep applying...

[CFII2008]

How long are they going to be hiring? Is any one getting a job with these minimums?

[KSPILOT]

As long as "others" continue to take CMEL pilots fresh out of flight school then AE as no choice to lower their mins. The days of "flight instructing" (buliding experience) are over, 350 then 250 and someday a pulse, will be the mins. Pay and QOL will continue to go down, those who take this job will have no room in the next couple of years to ask for anykind of raise or benie's.

[LoadMasterC141]

Eagle does not pay bad at all according to the APC pay scale. Alot of people here who work for them seem to like it as well.
I wonder why they can't keep FOs around? I mean the only real bad thing I see is their upgrade time.

[ChristheCFII]

I see a ton of these regionals hiring with 250/50, 350/50 and 500/50. What if you are 1100/10? (Cough Cough, me) Would they trade total time for multi time? It seems like a year of instructing and other misc. experience is worth a measly 40 hours of multi time.

[SpiraMirabilis]

Theres no harm in applying.

[bornse95]

Does anyone know what the upgrade time is at AE? Would it look bad to go through training get some time, then go to another airline with a faster upgrade?

[USMCmech]

Originally Posted by bornse95

Does anyone know what the upgrade time is at AE?

Acording to APC, the most junior captain was hired before 9/11.

[LoadMasterC141]

Yup almost 8 years right now. The story goes AE did not hire for almost 3 years after 9/11 and that last person hired in 2000 is finally about to upgrade SOMETIME this year, automatically bringing upgrade down to 4-5 years. Still, high compared to other regionals right now, but if a slowdown keeps going it is probably not horrible I am guessing.

By the way I am just anoob wannabe with no direct knowledge except JC rumots.

[Firebird2XC]

Originally Posted by LoadMasterC141

Yup almost 8 years right now. The story goes AE did not hire for almost 3 years after 9/11 and that last person hired in 2000 is finally about to upgrade SOMETIME this year, automatically bringing upgrade down to 4-5 years. Still, high compared to other regionals right now, but if a slowdown keeps going it is probably not horrible I am guessing.

By the way I am just anoob wannabe with no direct knowledge except JC rumots.

The last time I looked, there were THREE people on the seniority list that were hired in 2003. In other words, if you base 'projected upgrade time' based on date of hire alone, you're not getting an accurate picture at all.

Not to mention, rate of upgrade is about to pick up a bit as more flowbacks and TWA guys move up to AA.

I called it- any month now, upgrade times will be 4 years or less, and declining.

[Airdale]

Originally Posted by Firebird2XC

upgrade times will be 4 years or less

You know...thats still like....high school.

[Firebird2XC]

Originally Posted by Airdale

You know...thats still like....high school.

.. as a measure of time.

As long as we don't act like it's high school life will be fine.

I'll let you work on that one for while.

[nkoenig]

What are the travel bennies like at AE?

[cfii2007]

I'll probably apply when I hit 50.............

[BillErvin]

Originally Posted by Firebird2XC

.. as a measure of time.

As long as we don't act like it's high school life will be fine.

I'll let you work on that one for while.

High School! I don't even remember High School

Bill
Class of 76

[Flyin_bryan]

Originally Posted by Firebird2XC

.. as a measure of time.

As long as we don't act like it's high school life will be fine.

I'll let you work on that one for while.

[Firebird2XC]

Originally Posted by BillErvin

High School! I don't even remember High School

Bill
Class of 76

Man, don't feel bad.

I'm starting to have a hard time remembering high school, and I was class of '97.