Originally Posted by
stinsonjr
XtremeF150 - I really appreciate all your info. How long is the upgrade to CA at MCI? Also, something I have always wondered: You start as an FO with say 500 and 50ME, Commercial and multi. If I am correct, don't you have to have 1,500 hrs to upgrade? And, how much of that has to be PIC? Does SIC count toward your ATP minimums?
Thanks - career change wanna be (sold my business and working at the buyer until my time is up).
Right now you can upgrade whenever you want at Air Midwest. Unfortunately that only brings in 29.88 an hour for first year CA's and 31.28 for second year so those 2 years it takes to get 1000+ Turbine PIC are still tough but you can have the upgrade whenever you want it.
As far as the hour requirement you must have 1500 TT no PIC requirement for the 1900 because we don't operate outside the U.S. There is also the regular ATP req.'s of night and X-C to meet but if you get hired at 500/50 then you will easily meet these by upgrade.