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Originally Posted by
AuxPumplow
If it's going to be arbitrary, I rather it be 1500 hours than 250 hours. By the way, now that you require an atp for 121, and most 125/135, almost everyone will have at least 1,000 hours PIC.
Actually.... That's quite debatable if everyone is going to get that sort of pic time.
Theres lots of 135 operators (boutique, cape air, ameriflight, mokulele, key lime, Sierra west, great lakes, surf air, trade wind, etc etc) who hire low time guys (around 500 hrs) they "swing gear" as sics for a couple hundred then break their training agreements and go to regionals. So yeah it is kind of bull****.
And Yeah I agree. Now that I have well over 1500 hrs keep the 1500 hr rule. In fact make it 2000 hrs. Hell make it 3000. The more it keeps the wide eye, bushy tail, sjs kids (will fly for food) out of the industry the better it is.