Originally Posted by
sulkair
2 years flying 800 to 900 hours each year as an FO in a 900 or 175. Thats ~1700 TJET SIC hours in a glass jet. Thats one hell of a good long learning curve. Plus CA training, which by the way, is a different ball of wax in terms of who they will pass. There isnt gong to be any talent crisis in the left seat over here.
Any military guys on here care to share how many years and hours you have to fly as FO in a two pilot advanced jet before you are allowed to be aircraft commander?
Yes this is true but Mesa is not exactly the military. Air Force academy and such has a pretty high washout rate because they can. If you don't have it they will find out real quick. But I have even heard some slip through the cracks there as well. So I guess I could be wrong. But your right, two years should be plenty of time to get skilled in the aircraft. Like I said you either have or you need alot more practice.