Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
Not all CFI's spend all their time in the pattern. As a CFI, I made every effort to get out into the IMC- to benefit me as well as the student.
For the record, I think the law should be 1500hrs, no exceptions. No military waiver, no big flight school waiver. 1500hr is not a lot to ask if you really want to be a professional pilot.
As a military guy I agree 100%. The 1500 hour rule with the military is pretty much a "made-up" argument anyway. Until the early 80s there was mostly a 4 year post winging commitment, which was raised to 5, then 6, and is now 7 or 8 unless it has changed again.
The bottom line is the number of guys that this might affect is very, very small, and if they really want to be airline Pilots they can pretty much ensure that they either come out of the military with 1500+ hours, or else they fly a little on their own and total 1500+ hours.
As far as the less than 1500 hour military guy goes, for the most part this is pretty much a solution looking for a problem. Yes, there may be a very few guys affected, but enough to merit a waiver?
The ME minimums may need to be addressed for the Fighter types, but not the 1500hrs.
Scoop