Anyone too lazy to do the reading/research on Regional Wages...

I doubt if Horizon is recruiting outside of the USA...yet, They are just a little better than the average regional here in the US and I believe they have a quasi flow through to Alaska Airlines which is a very desirable airline here in the US.

Skywest is not bad and while the wages are not stellar they are better than mst of the other regionals. They do have a base in Seattle as well if that's important, A friend of mine got an unsolicited card from Skywest urging him to apply for a position so they must be on an active hiring campaign.

Most if not all major airlines here in the US will not consider you without a four year degree. That may change but I would not hold my breath waiting for that to happen.

Love Doctor,

Come now, you're just being a 'naysayer'. :} (note sarcasm)

Slugga

I posted the original on page 2. I'll do it again here for ease of access. The really scary thing is that if you look at the wages overall, they almost haven't moved. Maybe a couple of grand in 10 years. 10 YEARS. Thats scary.

http://www.veoh.com/m/watch.php?v=v15759358A7a6kYTA

Very true.

However at entry level jobs you are never going to get much more than that anyway. If you are in the sub 1500TT market you are scratching around on poor salaries anyway.

If you then had the option to fly in a an airline with the opportunity to fly jets for that sort of money which would you pick? The busted arse single flying around Arnhem land or a regional in the USA?

Love Dr, I wondered that while I was prostituting myself for a lot less than 29k a year in GA for the first 7 years. First job flying a 182 - $18,200/year on a station, meatbombing in a cresco paid about late 25k/year, $50/MR hour on a baron for my first twin job eating baked beans 3 times a day hoping some work would come in. Hardly raking it in.

This was mid 2000's and not uncommon. I loved my GA time, but I certainly never got paid well. From what I hear it hasn't improved a great deal since then. Before you bash other countries, go and ask a 210 or baron driver what they're on. I'm more than happy to be corrected, as I'd love to see a station (or stationair) driver get paid reasonably.

Even United removed the requirement for a US passport or green card some time ago, BUT I doubt if you will get a job without getting an FAA ATP first unless you are a US national.
The US regionals have simply run out of pilots in some cases, so have resorted to the graduate visa game rather than the pay more one.

To get an FAA ATP, once you have the 1500 hrs et al requirement, it will cost 5K plus hotel for the CTP one week course, then a multi IR renewal and the actual ATP course (About another 5K). So budget for about 15 to 20K usd if converting from an EASA license.

A cheap motel room is about 50 usd if your airline has the right connections for a good discount and that includes breakfast.
If you fly 5 hours a day at 20 usd per hour, that means you can just about afford an evening meal and a few cold ones!
Many drivers buy an RV, BUT make sure you know where to park it first and don't buy a big one, as they are more problematic unless you know a few Sheilas who will pay rent.

PS: Still a good deal compared with P2F or P2type etc.

Gone pretty quiet.

Anyone actually got the gig?

KRUSTY,

Kinda wonderin' about that myself. :-)

Atpcliff

A Part 135 carrier can operate with a maximum of 30 seats. I am of the opinion most would know this as it is fundamental.

Not in scheduled passenger operations, which is what is being discussed here. In scheduled operations the maximum number of seats allowed under part 135 is 9 seats, just like I said earlier.

This obviously requires the roll out and launch of a Test Aussie who'll apply and provide a reconnaissance assessment. ;-)

Send Vince.

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/crash...mmy-527710.jpg

Give him an ANZAC hat and a didgeridoo and send him over.

I can assure you that Australians are always welcome in the USA.

A job to highlight your resume.....
 

....and an interesting change from Ayres Rock scenics.
DC6 First Officer

http://www.evertsair.com/pdf/job_descriptions/DC6.pdf

Yeah, that would be an interesting change, be careful what you ask for though.

Regardless, you must have missed the requirements for US citizenship and US passport at the bottom of the advertisement.

And non slip shoes. :}

:) Took me a minute. :p

Look up DOT Part 380. Scheduled operations with turbojet airplanes of up to 30 seats is just fine with DOT and FAA for a Part 135 carrier.

DOT 380 addresses charters. charters, by definition are not scheduled operations.

Scheduled operations are when you, as an operator, tell the public that you will be operating an airplane from XXX to YYY, Departing XXX at 11:45 every weekday morning and you will sell people tickets to ride on that airplane.

As has been correctly stated here, more than once, the maximum seats in scheduled transportation for a Part 135 certificate holder is 9.

Since you mention Part 380, I have to ask, did you read it yourself? in Part 380 you will find the following:

Semantics.

A public charter under 380 allows anyone who can pay for a ticket to book a flight between two (or more) city pairs with a pre-defined departure date/time of a frequency not limited by Part 135 rules.

As a passenger, tell me how booking a ticket on flyviaair.com differs from southwest.com.

Via is a direct air carrier under Part 135. Southwest is scheduled airline service under Part 121.

The only difference is the number of seats, maximum of 30 (or payload not more than 7500 lbs) for Part 135.