Originally Posted by
Bellanca
I agree that a 300 hour FO is too low time, just my opinion is that they don't necessarily have to be an ATP to be a good enough pilot to sit in the right seat.
Like I said, I don't know if 1500 is the right number.
I'll stand behind my observation that 1500/500 may be good experience for a newhire (1500TT/500Multi) but it's not sufficient for a 121 crew (1500Capt/500FO).
To put it another way, if I were to deploy to Afghanistan I would want to learn from the guy on his second tour, not the guy that got there a week before me.