I'm not sure, I feel it might make sense to "wait it out" at my day job, so I can at least keep current and flying occasionally. The best time to get your foot in the door in aviation was yesterday. The second best time is today.. Shit or get off the pot. The problem is you're calling a ramp job a ...

You really do not want to be going there right now... I've heard wait times are an estimated 2.5+ years. Aside from instructing which I'm considering, I can't think of any way to get into the market. I hear you and definitely get that. Personally I think it's a lot more complex than simply "road tr...

You really do not want to be going there right now... I've heard wait times are an estimated 2.5+ years.

Using wayback machine, I managed to find the original post. Here's the main body of the post in full, originally posted by xsbank. Everything said back in 2008 is still wholly relevant 18 years later, amazing really. I have been getting quite a few requests for resume help these days, but basically,...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15670365/LaGuardia-Airport-New-York-emergency.html Praying for those involved. Prayers won't help after an aircraft has impacted an ARFF vehicle loaded with 25,000lbs of water. It's interesting really. I made this thread late last night not knowing anyone in...

NBC News is reporting that both pilots have lost their lives. RIP.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... gency.html

Praying for those involved.

Above posters gave solid advice. Road trip is your best bet at picking something up. I will say, in this current hiring climate people, more often than not you have people with 600/700/800+ TT going on these road trips looking for a gig. So that may be your competition for the direct entry jobs, but...

I wouldn't normally recommend it but given your age and life-experience, maybe you'd consider one of the Cygnet cadet programs. ab-initio training with a guaranteed right seat at jazz or porter (depending on the program you're enrolled in). Because of your age and any family commitments you may have...

Looks like a solid platform, I signed up myself. Only issue I have is with the document upload. Not saying I don't trust you.. but it is asking for a lot to have your clients upload these sensitive documents to your portal. Sending them directly to prospective companies (if they ask for them) should...

Curious…. Are people still applying here thinking they will get a west jet spot eventually? Or are people using this place as a get your heavy turboprop hours and go? Late to the party but the plan has always been to upgrade at some point and stay on for a couple years as encore CA before flowing t...

Bumping for visibility. With the FO posting closing next week, anyone else’s status change this month?

Anyone else showing “in progress” at the moment and/or know what it means? Curious, has the status changed from initial application? In progress likely means being reviewed, could also mean they are preparing to offer you an interview but it is all relative to what the status was before this. If yo...

Anyone else showing “in progress” at the moment and/or know what it means?

Canadaflyer46 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 12, 2025 5:14 pm WestJet just announced they’re canceling all hiring/upgrades/flow for 2026.

Does that follow through for Encore as well or just mainline though?

Hey all, Has anyone in the past month heard back from Encore? Referencing their FO ad posted back in Sep 2025. Trying to figure out if December is a quiet month for hearing back or if it's just me :smt040. Also if you were rejected how soon after you apply does this company typically let you know? C...

Nobody I know at AC has heard this, and wouldn't it make sense to take the captians instead? Not necessarily. Aren't jazz and encore etc struggling to have enough captains, but generally have plenty of FO. And lots of those FO don't have the requirements to upgrade? So moving some stuck FO into mai...

Hate to tell you this, but Westjet is likely going to hire much less pilots than originally planned. This is due to a reversal in the plan to force all of the age 65+ pilots out. The company has been ordered to keep them rostered until a ruling can be given next year some time. Sounds like the hiri...

You could just do a multi-engine rating and then do your IFR in a single/Red Bird SIM. When you do a PPC in a twin-engine aircraft, your Instrument rating then becomes a mult-IFR! Why would a company hire someone in this predicament as opposed to the countless amount of actual multi-IFR rated pilot...

Anyone hear back in the last week or so?

As title say, why was the resume redux post removed? It had some hugely valuable information there and was overall super helpful. I went to look for it the other day and, to my surprise, it seemed to have been removed. Any mods on here that can shed light on its removal (and maybe bring it back?) Ch...

Me262 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 25, 2025 5:14 pm You're right. Everyone should have the minimum 250hrs in a C150 to fly for the airlines like here in Canada.

Instead of being sarcastic which solves nothing, maybe try a teeny tiny bit harder and explain why you see it differently?

Hey all, Was scrolling social media and saw a post from one of these TUI cadet schemes showcasing their recent cadet MPL grads. Been a licenced pilot for many years however I am unsure how I never really stumbled upon this MPL bull**** until now but... wtf? What are they smoking over in EU and Asia?...

Some great responses, thank you everyone. You guys are definitely right - I should be more careful with the words I use. It definitely does seem like I alluded that instructing was worse than "operational experience" even though that was not at all the goal. I personally don't believe that and I gue...

Will the answer to this question change what you are planning on doing? If so, what do you actually want to know? As written, the question is very broad and the answers will likely be nothing more than speculation. Competitive or not, you'll still want to get more hours and experience if you're wor...