Originally Posted by
KSCessnaDriver
That may be true in most places, but on the fringes of the 121 supplemental world, this rule is killing people's ability to upgrade. I've been at a 121 supplemental carrier for 9 months, I have the seniority to upgrade, but not the required time, even though I came from 135 freight PIC. Great set of rules the fed made...
I have been at a 121 regional airline, where newhires had the seniority to upgrade during indoc. The only thing keeping them most newhires from upgrading was not having 1500TT.
But in that class would be 3 or 4 ex-CFIs who did have their 1500TT (and not much more) so they upgraded immediately and hit the line flying as 121 captains with zero 121 experience. Good pilots, but some (only having 100hr seminole time and 1400 C172/182 time) really had no business being a captain at their experience level - just over 1500TT, paired with a 250hr FO.
Most were fortunate to survive their experience, other were not - LOIs, LOCs, a few violations dotted the landscape. - the FAA is not forgiving and doesn't consider whether you have 0 or 15,000hrs of 121 time.
I'm pretty sure the airline I'm referring to was the genesis for the 1000 hr 121/135 flight time requirement in order to be a 121 PIC.