Originally Posted by
Hou757
Get over yourself. Those hired today as CQFO's will have to wait until all Fo's senior to them upgrade before they will get a chance to hold a line as captain. As they get desperate for pilots these mins will probably be reduced even more making the wait even longer. Have spoke to a few CQFO newhires that are quite upset about what's happening there.
They can't lower mins much more. Even without any insurance mins, the law requires 1000 hours of 121 time to be pic. For the vast majority of pilots that is a bare minimum of 2500 hours (1500 hours to get ATP + 1000 as an FO). And for military and college aviation program grads 1750 and 2000/2250 respectively are the ABSOLUTE minimums.