Originally Posted by
Southerner
Delta has a similar requirement. It has to do with trainability. You're more likely to be "stuck in your ways." At least, that's what the Delta recruiter told me. Their limit was 6000 TPIC, though it's not a HARD limit. They just look at you more carefully.
Thanks for the info. I had heard that too many years in the left seat would cause you to strike out from getting a call to interview. Makes some sense to include total flight hours I guess.
Interesting that in years long past, it was desirable to have high flight time to show experience and maturity. Times have changed indeed.