Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
Why? 1,500 hours is a drop in the bucket. It's nothing. A 1,500 hour fighter pilot may think he's king of the roost, but he's still just a 1,500 hour pilot who barely meets the minimum qualifications.
Let's see here...
resume #1:
1500 tt, 1300 multi engine turbine PIC (all of the time is turbine time, even the time spent learning how to fly), fighter weapons school graduate, 400 hours of combat
resume #2:
1500 tt, 1300 single engine piston PIC, 200 hours piston ME, CFI-I. 1100 hours of instruction giving
These are not the same... one is in the mix at the majors... the other is hoping skywest starts hiring again so he doesn't have to "settle" for another regional.