Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
If you're all civilian with a bare 1,500 hours, you won't get anywhere EXCEPT a regional assuming you get the "right to work" here. The average off the street major hire has well over 5,000 hours, 1,000 jet PIC, a four-year degree and some "outside" stuff like check airman, chief pilot, volunteer work, etc. And many of those guys aren't getting called. It's still very competitive.GF
Galaxy Flyer: The airlines hours you quoted are not 'The Majors', but rather 'The Legacy' carriers normal hiring minimums.
The 'bare minimums' of 1500 you talk about, are single engine flight instructor time, not first officer A320 time.
Yes, it's still very competitive, but it's nothing like what they have to do to get a job over there.
US A320 budget airlines, Frontier, Spirit, Allegiant, National etc, etc would jump at the chance to hire somebody current and qualified with 1000+ hours 'on type', even if the total time is quite low.
I'm not even including premium A320 majors like Jet Blue, or Alaska in the search.
I also offered Atlas Air, ABX, Dynamic, Kalitta, Southern, Sky Lease, Global Western etc, etc as options too.
If I were them, I wouldn't be interested in a US regional.
I think they'd be better off staying where they are, and commuting from there spouses house in the US for a year. Until their total time matched US normal requirements, if they could not find initial employment.with a budget US A320 operator.