Originally Posted by
Blackwing
Likewise for ME sim time, I'd think, particularly when spent doing V1 cuts, etc, in a sim for a transport category aircraft, in a Part 121 training program? Wishful thinking, perhaps?
That's sim time, not flight time. For FAA purposes it counts for some aeronautical experience requirements.
For employment purposes, they generally want a clear delineation between sim and flight time, no blurring the lines there.
They will probably give you some "extra credit" for relevant sim time, so it's certainly worth accounting for...just don't mix it up with airplane time.
Originally Posted by
Blackwing
Of course I don’t want to do anything that could jeopardize an interview, but as I've posted previously, I'm somewhat short on ME time so if it is an accepted practice, being able to include an additional 33 hrs of Level C sim time in my ME totals--as it already is for my instrument time totals--would put me over the ME hurdle for a handful of carriers.
I would assume, unless stated otherwise, that any airline's requirement for ME time would be real-airplane time. Do not show up for an interview thinking that sim time will put you over the top. Feel free to contact the airlines in question and ask about that, you never know. But if you get an interview after having represented yourself as having 100 ME, and it turns out that you were counting sim time to get there, you'll be shown the door for sure.
Remember everybody interviewing you had to meet the mins when they got hired, none of them will appreciate "creative" attempts to circumvent the mins.