Originally Posted by
andrewtac
For all those saying there ain't many you'd be surprised. Marine hornet and harrier guys often do just better than 100 hours a year. If they were unfortunate to have only one flying tour they'd be around 600 hours with flight school included. Two tours and they might break 900. I am not suggesting lowering the limit; but there are more than you think. I ended around 1600 hours with 14 years of service; all flying tours.
You make a good point but how many military pilots are trying to get on with a regional?
The point is this is just the first step of relaxing the rules to all applicants eventually. The answer to a shortage in many of our opinions is better pay not lower hourly requirements.