Originally Posted by
SongMan
Hi,
Can you elaborate as to why your friends who have been in regional for past six months will not meet 500 hr cross country min? I mean they have 8 more months to go which would make their regional life roughly 14 months. Isn't all flights in regional airlines more than 50 miles? Are they not getting at least 30-40 hours of flight time at their regionals???
Thank you.
Well, there's the whole training process, and then sitting reserve. If you are not holding a line, you may only be getting 10 or 15 flight hours a month. So, say the training/IOE process takes 2 months, you may only have 150 to 200 flight hours in your first year. Of course this all depends on your airline, base, and airframe.
I'm really just alluding to the fact that 1500TT may not be the end-all, be-all to get your foot in the door.