Originally Posted by
PearlPilot
I am in the same scenario. 1200 hours 50 ME and only 260 cross country. I am doing all that I can to log XCs as a CFI. I hate to be negative, but I don't think I am going to reach 500 hours of XC once I hit 1500. Oh well, bad timing I suppose. Gotta keep pluggin' away...
When I hit 1500 hours I was working as a full time CFI and only had about 280 cross country. It took me 6 months of flying at the airlines and 1750TT before I reached ATP minimums. The new rule is going to be the hardest on CFIs probably.