Same situation here. 3000 hours tt, all jet, but with the Embraer rating. My only option is to find any airline taking on non rated pilots. There was a new german outfit that basically told me I was over qualified. Guess they prefer P2F low hour guys...

Turkish is taking on 737NG pilots like crazy.

Interesting, could you disclose which new german outfit that was? Just interested since a few were tricked by the offered Embraer jobs at LGW.

are 3000 jet hours not enough for interview?
 

What to say ? Actually I don't know. So I just can give you a warm "welcome in the club".
If you should think having more hours logged would be better. Unfortunately not. Just forget it. Very sad but true.
e.g.: I have +10,000 hrs PIC on 320's - accident/incident free btw - and you know what ? - no one cares. No one is interested. Sending applications waiting for replies :ugh:

This aviation business is nothing else but just a $hi...:mad: dssaster. Don't see any silvershine at the horizon either. :confused:

could I give you a little free advice? if you have 3000 hours on the B737 and you need to come on PPRuNE for career advise I would shut up shop now. :ok:

@ Dentis. It was LGW. Don't know anything about them other then FlyNiki and Air Berlin tie-up or something. What did you mean with tricked? What happened there?

When are the newbe's going to get it? The world does not need any more pilots. When it does, it will pay for their production.

Denti:
The Air Berlin mainline pilots (AB, former DBA and former LTU) are fighting against outsourcing to NIKI and LGW. When AB makes their own people redundant, wants pay cuts and creates cheaper jobs at LGW for externals, the word tricked is spot on. I am sorry for those who applied without knowing but just be aware that those who apply are killing jobs at Air Berlin. The Union (VC) does it best to stop it and due to the solidarity of all the mainline pilots, they at least achieved a small step forward in the battle.

High Energy:
I would be really interested to hear when you had an interview or email stating that you were over qualified at LGW?
I refer to my previous statement. I am sorry that you got this answer but I am sure that in this case there is another reason. The official statement of AB was that they were checking the market for cheap EMB rated pilots willing to work well below the AB mainline pay scale. Not joking, started chocking when I heard it. Believe me, the AB scale is already one of the lower pay scales in Western Europe for a large airline. Getting paid even less is a rip off.

Welcome to the Jungle !!! Buddy...

Now you may understand what kind of hell we are living in.

A couple of year ago those who got a seat they were saying anybody critizing their P2F where just loser who were not able to achieve what they had achieved and now they are facing a system that is collapsing and that don't need them anymore.

NO money , NO party.

Clamshowder,

P2F is a disgrace, and all involved are not worth to be considered collegues.
A lot of experienced flightcrew can not find a PAID job to feed their family because of cheaters and profession murderer kids like you.

ONLY FLY FOR A SALARY.

You are quite correct in your statement that p2f schemes are not readily available, I personally only ever knew of eaglejet but they have stopped there jet programmes now.

As far as I'm aware there are no p2f schemes in the current market :ok:

When these where available via eagle they were not taking on 1st officers they were called gear and flap lever operatives in the job title :8

Just face it, the industry is failing exponentially -

Only the people who dreamed of becoming a pilot prior to circa 1990 will see out a full career in aviation, the rest should be learning a new trade ready for when their number gets called.

Sad, but true.

Have you tried, Korean Air?

Norwegian is hiring experienced fo's.
Jet2 is hiring experienced B737
FlyDubai is hiring experienced b737
Turkish is hiring experienced B737

airlines require 500 hours minimum on type, I don't have a problem with a pilot paying the required fee's to obtain 500 hours.

we all paid for our intial training, how is this so drastically different?

An aspiring pilot who is willing to invest in this shows me sheer dedication to the profession and enthusiasm.

Chamchower - eagle jet international based out of miami use to offer line training with Lion air in Jakarta, but they have stopped now due to a new regualtion by the CAA requiring 250 hours on type.

Skies aviation in UAE use to offer line training with Armavia but this has since stopped. also I think they were contracted to hire 6 cadets for a local charter company but these have since been filled, I work at DXB and have chatted to a few of them.

I am fairly sure they were the only 2 serious companys doing it.

don't worry about the negative comments on here, if you mention this site to any professional pilots they will grin and tell you they dont use it, well at least thats my experince :ok:

Of course. :E But they all know it... ;)

It shows me they don't give a :mad: about the profession as this very act destroys it, they only want to be able to put their pic up on facebook and tell everyone they are a pilot. It's :mad: pathetic.

POS_INT

Actually they don't. They don't require any hours on type. Where they stipulate a minimum level of such experience, they are looking for pilots with previous relevant experience. An experienced pilot is likely to have significantly more than 500 hours on type, where they have been working for another airline. However there are circumstances where quality background and low hours are not a paradox. For example a cadetship that didn't develop into a full time contract due to restricted opportunities at the previous airline. An airline that went out of business or had to lay off good quality employees due to trading circumstances. Such circumstances are quite distinct from the "vanity publishing" end of the business. Many of these businesses are well known in the industry, and a definite "red flag" to most reputable carriers.

Cadet programmes are very trainer and resource intensive, but those airlines involved in them have a direct input and assured quality level from low houred pilots. There is nothing magical about 500 hours on type, and most certainly nothing magical about 500 hours acquired from certain carriers and certain parts of the globe.

Because line training isn't initial training.

Unfortunetaly it rarely shows in the professional quality or enthusiasm of the airline involved. Quality experience isn't hard to find and poor quality experience isn't hard to detect.

Clearly, not all!

And how much of your initial training was done during revenue flights with paying passengers on board?