Originally Posted by
Senior Skipper
I agree with scoop who said the military thing is a solution looking for a problem. I'm pretty sure that in 10 years of flying, you can probably manage to average 150hrs/yr. I wouldn't worry about the multi engine thing. I'm not convinced that the 100hr multi time actually makes a difference when you sit in a transport category plane.
Nope - not always.
You are also forgetting in that 10 year you have excellent opportunities to *grow* as a professional officer by doing Individual Augments for up to 18 months, attending one of the higher venues of education the military offers, joining a backpack humping infantry Battalion or many other out of the cockpit broadening experiences for about a year. My absolute highest year EVER in the military was 372 hours where I was an absolute 'person of ill-repute' and would even grab the -3 of a night time formation flight (some on here will understand the ludicrously of that
) for the hours. I also went over 2 years when I did not even make my minimums of 100 hours a year when I was assigned to flight positions!
In the end, what I was saying was that I think 2500 total/500 ME was too much and that I agree with others who state 1500 min - no waiver. Now if the law gets changed and raises the ATP mins to 2500 then I guess guys who want to eventually be airline pilots would have another set of circumstances to consider when they fill out that dream sheet nearing selection time
Maybe there should be another license for those who want to do other types of flying than airline pilot. There are already different sets of minimums in place, insurance, and contracts all play a role in setting the bar.
USMCFLYR