Originally Posted by
MrObvious
That makes me really uncomfortable hearing cfis getting hired and than being captain 12 months later, no experience necessary anymore to be captain apparently.
FOs now have to have 1000 SIC before they can upgrade. That's after they come in with 1500 to start with. It's been safe in the past and it's even safer now. If they can't pass training then they don't upgrade. The chances of a new CFI upgrading 1 year after joining a regional is pretty slim anyway due to the amount of hours they have to build as SIC first. I would imagine it will be closer to 2 years and even then they have to pass all the tests that a 5000 SIC hour pilot has to pass.