Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Generally no because they specify their flight experience in terms of fixed-wing airplane time and gliders are not airplanes as you know. As was mentioned, SKW is pretty good about giving credit, and there may be a very few others. You will probably need to check the web pages of companies you might be interested in.
Check the websites. Last time I cheked, TT referred to the total time in your logbook. I happen to log my glider time in that very logbook. ME time refers to multi-engine time, which, I'm arfraid, gliders won't qualify for. Some carriers do, however, require certain amounts of instrument time, but honestly the only ones that make a discrimination about glider time are the ones that mention it. IE Skywest. If there are PUBLISHED hiring mins that specify fixed wing airplane, I wouldn't mind seeing them to clear up what I've been thinking for years.