Originally Posted by
Daniel Larusso
I should clarify that I meant all military pilots not just fighter pilots, but upping the mins much beyond 1500 would axe out a lot of the guys I've known over the years that are at majors. My main point was that with mil peeps being such a large focus for so long it does have an effect on the mins that isn't always considered by the civilian side of the field.
As mentioned, ALWAYS been a given. IIRC, DAL's mins previous were 1200TT and 1000 turbine and a multi-comm without a centerline thrust restriction. Not exactly hard to figure out what demographic that opens it up to. Yes, we all know that most tactical jet pilots will get maybe 1800 hrs at the end of a 10 year commitment with a high sortie count and applicable conversion applied per the specific airline's guidance. Assuming no IP, etc.
When I posted about what NS, and other UAL hiring people said about the "average WM newhire" flight times, I should of specified that was for a civilian newhire.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I think the focus of the discussion was the TPIC requirement.
As you know though, not ALL have the TPIC req. At the companies that DON'T have it, it simply separates "competetive" from simply "qualified".
Assuming other factors excluded.