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Quote: Originally Posted by bored You still have to roll your own bag though. I can handle that.

Quote: Originally Posted by aviatorhi Lol, I've got turbine and 121 over a thousand of 121 alone (and no, I didn't pay for any of it), wonder why that is that former 121 pilots get the pass? Oh well, can't win them all, I'll just have to have my friend walk my resume into Pinnacle or Compass when I'm old enough for Compass or Pinnacle starts hiring again. The "just for the experience comment" might...

Blackwing... sorry you didn't get called for an interview. All the folks from former 121 carriers would probably beg to differ with your comments. Face it... Mesaba can't hire everyone.

Quote: Originally Posted by aviatorhi Thanks for the correction Mr. Connection... With regard to the question of equipment... the company I fly for currently has no jets, and ultimately I'd like to fly jets, just for the experience of it if nothing else, but I make as much as an RJ captain does in the plane I do fly, now why would I decide to move to a the same prop so I can make less money and commute farther (2000 miles as opposed to...

Quote: Originally Posted by bored Blackwing... sorry you didn't get called for an interview. All the folks from former 121 carriers would probably beg to differ with your comments. Face it... Mesaba can't hire everyone. I never said it made sense, it's just what people who have gotten the call have reported here. People have said guys with as little as 350/50 have been hired within the last month, while guys with >1000...

Quote: Originally Posted by aviatorhi I'm a pilot at a regional Alaskan airline and was hoping to move on to Mesaba, sent my resume in, awaiting a response, was wondering if I could get some general feedback on what I should be prepping for as far as a potential interview... any gouges on tests they might be giving or specifics/peculiarities as far as the Mesaba interview is concerned, instrument skills are top notch so no worries in...

The equipment might be seniority based, not sure, however you shouldn't take the job based on which equipment you get to fly. Either you'd like to work there or not but don't let the deciding factor be that you simply want to fly a 900 RJ. It's SJS and no the grass is not greener.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lighteningspeed By all means apply to Compass and Pinnacle also. I don't know if this is important to you but consider this at Mesaba you get single occupancy hotel room paid for your entire training process including ground school and sim training and you get paid per diem plus 75 hours per month. At Mesaba you get the NonRev travel privilege from day one of training. Find out for yourself if either Compass...

Quote: Originally Posted by aviatorhi I'd like to have 121 Jet PIC on my resume and I think a NWA/Delta feeder is a good choice now . You might want to sit tight until next spring and see who's still standing after the merger settles out. If you want to jump now, Mesaba would be the best bet (just another pilot's opinion) with Compass a close second. With today's trends, it looks like some of the NWA/Delta feeders will not...

if your sim training is outside of MSP