Originally Posted by PDTPILOT

Usmc-sgt, first of all I love the name, I was a sgt in the corps myself. Second, I have to disagree. I was hired with 250 hrs at a 121 operation and didn't have much problem passing, and haven't had problems ( knock on wood) the 4 years I've been here. We had guys with the 1000+ hours they got from being a CFI, and a lot of them washed out. Ur either ready or not, studying and focusing on situation at hand is how you pass. The cfi's that washed out had various reasons but most didn't know how to work in a 2 man cockpit, they tried to run the show and they got overloaded. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with being a CFI but u could have 3000 hours in a c-172 but that doesnt mean your a shoe-in when u get to the airlines. I'm sure u know, it's a whole different beast