Originally Posted by
jtramo
I cant believe how everyone makes a huge deal about the low times. Take advantage of it. Go get the excellent training the airlines offer earlier. Either sit in the right seat of a 152 doing crash and go's for a year building time or start your career. What would serve you better in the long run?
During WWII there were 18 year old kids flying 2000hp single seat taildraggers and heavy four engine bombers (in combat) with 250 hours. Time in type was usually around 50. These were people who didnt have anything to do with aviation at all, zero time to combat in 250 hours. Some had never driven a car. Sure they cracked up more often, but with todays engineering, engines, computers and systems in general.......
AAF Cadet requirements:
"If you were 17 years old, had graduated from high school and could, 1) pass a 2 year college equivlence test, 2) pass a flight physical, 3) pass a board oral examination by 3 officers you were accepted in to the Aviation Cadet program subject to call up upon reaching 18 years of age."
Ill tell you who cares and why people make a big deal about it. 1st the people in the back care because they are on that aircraft expecting a safe and efficient flight and expect that if something were to go wrong they have a competent crew. Airlines have OUTSTANDING training but you can't train ADM, thats something you learn over time. Time that should be spent in a small piston aircraft not a RJ with 50 people on board. Who is making a big deal captains that are expecting to have a FO that will have the guts and the understanding of when to speak up and save his ass when he is screwing up or missing something. Basicly 50 hours of SOLO PIC that these wonderkids have is not enough and the farthest they have traveled alone is what maybe 300 nm. Great you may take a job at your low time but guess what there are instructors and other pilots that will get hired a few months behind you and guess what they will get that captain upgrade before you because they meet the PIC requirement, have fun waiting for that waiver!