Originally Posted by
NCR757dxr
A copy of the FSDO letter should work. The letter clearly authorizes and validates the SIC time in addition to having it in the GOM. No SIC should pay a cent.
Any hiring board that decides to disregard the FAA are a bunch of idiots. I'd rather hire a pilot that has flown the line as an SIC with CASW for 300-400 hours over a CFI who has 1250 hours of dual given flying around the pattern. Flame away but it only makes sense from a practical point....
Fixed it for ya....SIC pay to play programs shouldn't be used for any revenue generating flights. If their GOM/OpSpecs requires a SIC then the company should hire, train, and pay SICs. If that's too expensive then adjust your opsecs/gom to include A/P in lieu of SIC.
Maybe issue the airline hiring boards have is not so much the legality of the time rather the fact that it is pay to play.