To be or - not to be (employed that is!)

[GormanInkarnati]

Maybe someone with a lot of experience can explain the following:
Someone with say 250 hours gets a job on a King-Air but another with 1500 hours total time and plenty on multi - engine a/c battles to get a foot in the door.

I am convinced that our industry operates on the following principles: It is not what you know or how much experience you have but who you know!

Any comments??

GI

[Rat Catcher]

I accept your point, but another side might be that they want a "new" pilot without any preconceived ideas on how it should be done.
It is also more likely that the "new" pilot will stay with the company longer..as you can see, there are several ways to look at it.
As someone who is involved in these aspects of aviation, I can assure you that not every experienced pilot is prepared to "do it the company way" and this can cause distress amongst longer serving pilots etc etc...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

[flyboy2]

Have you thought about the fact that the employer probably pays a lot lower salary to the 250 hr compared to the 1500 hr pilot ?:eek: