Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
I agree that the quality of one's experience needs to be considered relative to their TT; in fact I'd say quality of experience is far more important than a number in a TT column.
That said...while you might have a CE500 type and a current 8410 in a simulator...you're not a 135 captain and have not had to make the operational decisions a 135 captain (in a Cessna 210 or a Global) has to make.
With your background, you would not have any problem whatsoever successfully completing any 121 initial training program. And you probably wouldn't have any problem your first year...but:
If you did have trouble, it would likely be during IOE and/or and your first couple months of line flying. Specifically with crosswind landings, staying ahead of the airplane in all conditions, traffic patterns to visual approaches, and weather avoidance/mitigation. Some of this will be due to a new airplane, others will be due to a lack of real-world flying experience.
Please do not take this as an affront to your experience because it is not; I say all this as a guy who myself had 600+ hours of Level C/D sim time with a year in a major airline training department with 1100/100 and a 61.55/50+ hours in a Beechjet when hired at Air Wisconsin.
You really wanna stay in that FSI Gulfstream sim long enough to get the type anyway, then you can get a job even with your low TT (might be overseas) that pays a hell of a lot more than a regional airline gig.
As long as you know what you don't know, you will be JUST FINE.
Good luck!
I can completely agree with what you are saying and take no offense to any of it. My biggest thing I wanted to over come before I stepped foot in the Citation sim was staying ahead of the plane because I knew how quickly I could blow through 250kt etc.
However, I see you speak of things like x-wind landings visual app, traffic pattern. I think I might get that more often then some airline pilots, I'm not going into big name airport all the time, a lot of time it's places like east hampton and no name mid west state airport with no papi or anything and runways that are sometimes 75 wide by 4,000 feet.
I am in no way saying I am and pro flier by any means. But I think my 135 experience I have had thus far has been good and tested me seeing as how I'm not always going to airports that are well maintained, have 9,000ft runways or really any nav equipment.