Man the knowledge of this feed back is amazing, any way long story short that seems practical, the reason I said 30 is because I thought they would hire a person who is a bit older and bit more mature at that age, with a college degree, and I’ll need a lot of experience total 1,500 hours right if not correct if I’m wrong, loving this feed back helps a lot.
Adam
Frank,
Age has nothing to do with it so long as you’re above the min for hiring. To get to a Major airline yes they want considerably more experience than the 1500hr min but not at the Regionals. In fact if they could legally do it, they would gladly hire you with less.
Adam
Thanks for the tips and the advice much appreciated
Adam
Last thing I’m have my ears pierced would that be okay or no too unprofessional?
As long as you can remove the earrings and don’t have gauges that leave massive holes you’re fine. If you do you could have a problem.
Adam
Frank,
Definitely no earrings at work. Same if you have tattoos, they will need to be covered.
Chris
Hey, i got my ears pierced, After i graduate from college and after my flight school, in the future when i have a pilot interview, If i take off my earrings for the interview. Will the holes be a bad thing or not ?
( btw its a regular small earring, not the gauges or the big stretched earrings)
Leonel,
Definitely not a problem as long as they’re not gauges. I would recommend taking them out once you start looking to make the holes less obvious but regardless you’ll be fine.
Adam
Leonel,
You might want to think of taking them out before flight school. You never know who you might meet while you are out there flying around, it is best to act like you are always interviewing.
Chris
Good evening pilots it’s Frank haven’t been in the chat lately. I have some good news and bad news I’ve been working on getting my private licenses and have accumulated some hours over this summer and I got my third class medical. Now going back to college next week but I’ll be working while in school. My short term goal is to get my private pilots licenses and instrument rating before I graduate college I’m a second year this year. My concern is what do I do after I graduate college to become a airline pilot.
Frank,
I recommend you visit our FAQ section as we detail the process but in short you earn the rest of your licenses and ratings, build the required 1500hrs, get hired.
Adam
Frank,
I am not sure what your bad news is, can you clarify?
Chris
Well I’m not sure what to do after I graduate college because I can’t afford atp school
Frank,
Find a job using your degree, save your money and start flight training when you are able to do so.
The vast majority of people do finance their flight training.