Originally Posted by
block30
You already told me your equals, which I think are commendable. You'll get to a regional in due time. I don't understand this "I need it now" mentality. So you have been qualified for IFR 135 for 500 hours and VFR 135 for 1200 hours. You have apparently chosen not to do those jobs. That's fine. But you should also understand how much XC time your current job averages per month.
Nothing drove me more nuts than listening to the CFIs at my school complain to me that they weren't getting enough money, time off, this kind of flight time, that kind of flight time, blah, blah, blah. I was in the same boat, except I had a -gasp- second part time job. Almost all CFIs were former students of the school and they knew the drill. I'm sorry, most CFI jobs don't provide everything all at once. And if you find the CFI job that does, please apply there, I'm not holding you back.
Also, what's it matter what my company required if I exceeded the mins? I had almost 3k TT when I got hired...I can't remember how the rest of my hours broke down. I think the company mins were 1,000 TT and 100 ME. I don't think its hypocritical to ask for people to have about half what I did when I got on at my first 121 gig. I have walked the proverbial mile in those shoes.
I do have a second job. I don't even know what that comment was supposed to mean. No viable PT 135 jobs where I live. You actually think I didn't think of that? And you never answered my question. What were the FAA minimums to be a SIC at an airline when you were hired? Well I'll answer it for you. It was 250 hrs and a wet commercial and the system worked just fine. Quite frankly I really don't think anybody cares what you think the minimums should be. The two dunder heads who messed it up for everyone had over 2500 hrs a piece. How would have the 1500 rule helped that. In fact, this whole ATP BS has done absolutely nothing to improve safety and has raised the price of admission to your little club so astronomically high that people who ordinarily would have been great pilots will now choose to go do something else.
Empathy, crack a dictionary and look it up....