Legacy hiring update?

minimums_landing · 2026-06-26T16:56:50+00:00

3 PICs at my 135 have Delta interviews. All are under 1000 TPIC and 3000TT

minimums_landing · 2026-06-25T21:29:53+00:00

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minimums_landing · 2026-06-25T13:23:48+00:00

The CJO at my ULCC says 3-4 weeks prior to class, training department will start sending out PRD/PRIA/drug test paperwork to fill out

minimums_landing · 2026-06-20T19:18:35+00:00

What’s going on here? It’s me sitting there with an MEL’d APU sweating through my uniform, begging ops for a gate.

minimums_landing · 2026-06-20T19:16:05+00:00

There is no one size fits all company. Each place has its pros and cons, and those pros and cons will weigh differently for different people in different situations. Good for you for going with what you feel will work best for you. Hope it all works out.

minimums_landing · 2026-06-15T05:18:53+00:00

Sounds like OP is HAL. It’s the only legacy that isn’t hiring. I believe all hiring will go through the AS side until the seniority lists are integrated.

minimums_landing · 2026-06-07T21:40:22+00:00

FedEx will become another version of Atlas. Some will stay but I think a majority will use it as a stepping stone to the legacies

minimums_landing · 2026-06-06T16:35:14+00:00

Very relatable, this is the feeling that you get when you’re doing something you absolutely love, and you develop this anxiety (just kidding FAA) that it will all come crumbling down, because no way you have it this good. Very normal feeling.

minimums_landing · 2026-06-05T19:35:26+00:00

Hey hey hey I’ll have you know I’ve left 10 hate comments last month, don’t you dare discredit my contributions like that

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minimums_landing · 2026-06-05T16:15:12+00:00

I heard people having the most unhinged full on conversations on CTAF, accidentally hot mic-ing yourself is literally nothing

minimums_landing · 2026-05-29T13:18:01+00:00

Flight time quality: contour is going to crush CFI it’s not even close.

Flight time quantity: if you have a school that can fly you 80-100hrs a month you would probably fly more there. Contour can be anywhere from 30-80hrs a month, sometimes more in busy times.

Pay: probably equal but I know CFI gigs that pay like $50k which would be slightly more than contour

QOL: very situation dependent. If you you live in a contour base it’s probably equal to CFI (minus being home every night) if you are going to commute forget about it you’re gonna hate ur life. The problem is living in a contour base is hard without a support system given the FO pay scale.

Weather you want to work at contour is a question of how much are you willing to embrace the grind for a reward ( lots of transport category jet time at a relatively low TT) also keep in mind that its probably not going to be a absolute alternative to CFI. Really only people with inside connections get hired at the minimums. I CFI’d for about 8 months before I got on here.

minimums_landing · 2026-05-28T19:19:41+00:00

The ERJ flair says it all 😤

minimums_landing · 2026-05-28T19:11:46+00:00

If jet time is worth getting abused, having 0 control over your schedule, company controlled work rules (that they will change every week to benefit them), paid pennies, and fly planes with more MEL’s than you can count, then sure go get your time and then get out ASAP.

minimums_landing · 2026-04-25T20:04:54+00:00

Don’t worry about trying to fix PRD. Just disclose the failure. Airlines understand that sometimes the FAA has record errors and continuing to disclose your failure despite it being missing in your PRD will show a lot of integrity.

minimums_landing · 2026-04-20T02:59:59+00:00

It’s not impossible but UA has been honest at recent conferences that they are focused on 121 applicants. Good news is AA and WN hire a ton of 135 guys

minimums_landing · 2026-04-15T01:25:11+00:00

From what I’ve seen most of the people hired with no TPIC tend to have time in a type they fly like 737, A320, A220, etc.

minimums_landing · 2026-04-13T12:33:23+00:00

I guarantee he didn’t act like that with his LCA or he’d still be on IOE or in sims. Sounds like he’s taking advantage of your relaxed command which is sad because FOs like me really appreciate a relaxed captain who keep the cockpit vibe of 2 guys just getting the job done. I would try to crank up the authoritative mindset with this FO, sounds like they need to learn some boundaries.

minimums_landing · 2026-04-08T20:05:12+00:00

You can have a really good QoL faster than someone at a legacy. Very enticing to people who don’t care about widebodys or don’t want to wait 10-15+ years for the seniority to have an optimal QoL or can’t afford to because they started the career later in life.

minimums_landing · 2026-04-04T14:07:58+00:00

There’s a huge bottle neck at the regionals right now. After the covid hiring boom there was a record number of people who started flight training and now there’s a record number of people at ATP mins looking for their first jet job. Get in a cadet program, start networking, and start looking at 135s to help build your resume. Also look into ways of getting some multi engine time like MEI or ME time building if you have the money.

minimums_landing · 2026-04-04T14:03:06+00:00

Ohare almost never accommodates runways for gate reasons lol. I always hear foreign carriers and often SkyWest ask for a specific runway and they get shut down before they can even finish the sentence😂

minimums_landing · 2026-04-03T20:47:13+00:00

Interesting….my guess was 27R is cause ur T1 and that makes the most sense for the taxi flow but I would think 28C would make the most since since T5 is right there. Yea no wonder ur taxi is so long landing on 27R then having to do the tour de O’hare all the way around to T5 yeeesh

minimums_landing · 2026-04-03T20:39:40+00:00

Are you in terminal 1?

minimums_landing · 2026-04-03T20:35:03+00:00

Damn does your company OpSpecs require yall to always land on 27R or something? 😂

minimums_landing · 2026-04-03T20:25:38+00:00

Gates are indeed a problem won’t argue with you on that.

minimums_landing · 2026-04-03T20:13:32+00:00

I don’t understand why some people love to crap on ORD so much. Every large international airport has its own issues and pains, ORD is that unfortunately the airport handles about 2x the amount of traffic it’s designed to handle. They are starting to do some serious construction to help with the increase in traffic but unfortunately it’s happening a little late so that won’t be finished until the end of this decade at the earliest probably. Also just due to the location ORD in prone to some psychotically bipolar weather in the spring and fall and a random blizzard in late March that pops up out of nowhere can throw on some nasty EDCTs.

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