I offer the following to the wannabees out there:
- There are several airlines recruiting; mine has taken about twenty in the past two months.
- It is not necessary to demonstrate experience. A boss of mine explained that an airline needs very inexperienced pilots; moderately experienced pilots and very experienced pilots. This is because there would be an issue in the seniority lists when commands came up for grabs if all pilots were of similar experience.
- I believe (but may be mistaken) all the pilots recently employed have bought their own type rating. So long as pilots mortgage themselves this way, the system will continue. I have seen several of them and they have about 250-300 hrs total time.
- Good luck to all of you.