Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
On a slightly related note, from the EJet new hires I've flown with, I'm starting to feel like the 1,500 hour rule should be ammended as follows:
1) Set the bar at 2,500 hours TT, except:
2) Give 3x to 5x credit for turbine PIC or military hours (including rotor)
3) Give 2x to 3x credit for 135 PIC
4) Give 1.5 to 2x credit for CFI dual given
Or something like the above. In retrospect--now that I'm flying with new hires in the right seat on a daily basis--it was a highly irrational decision for the final rule to quantify all flight time as equal. While I understand the restricted ATP provides credit for slightly more rigorous training, the idea that all 1,500 hours are the same is absolutely absurd.
No help for the 4 year aviation degree eh? Flight hours are not the issue its quality of training. And just to through a wrench in the military turbine pic time thing lol. A guy in my class in his 50s who flew for the Cuban Air Force took 5 months to pass IOE. Where someone like me only with 1,000 hours with no turbine experience at all only took 26 hours to get off IOE.