THE ONLY reason airlines want higher time pilots is because they have a lower wash out rate than lower time guys. That means a lower training cost. That means more bonus money management can steal from the company and spend on thier girlfriends'.

I certainly would have liked to get a job at 300TT instead of 3000TT. It would have saved me years of toiling as a CFI, years of being a ramper to pay for my training, tens of thousands of dollars buying multi time, paying intrest on my loans, getting my ATP, and going to interviews to compete with furloghed Delta guys for 135 gigs.


But you don't know much as a 300 hour pilot. I didn't. I don't know anybody who was a great pilot at 300 hours. And I instructed over 100 people. At 1500TT, or 1000TT, or even 500TT, you are more prepared for the rodeo than you are at 300TT. By definition, you are more experienced. Doen't mean you can't succeed. It just means 1) You'll have a harder time passing initial, because you have less experience to draw on. 2) Your Captains will have a harder time on line, because they will have to be 'instructor pilots'.

If you get a job as a low time pilot don't think its because you're better than guys who couldn't get jobs at 3000TT. Remember that you are extremly fortunate to have the opportunity at that point in your flying career. You still have a lot to learn.