Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
It doesn’t take 1700 hours to fly any of these aircraft. Matter of fact, there are 200 hour pilots in Europe in the right seat of the very same airplane every brand new major airline pilot starts on with time on nothing bigger than a small GA twin in their logbook. There are 3500 hour 737/A320 captains in Europe too. Hell, with those hours, one STILL isn’t really competitive here...
Rightly or wrongly, in this country, there’s an inherent bias in favor of the mil types, and it stems from the stronger social and professional networking among the mil crowd than their civ counterparts. There is no other logical explanation. Embrace it, appreciate it, be grateful for it, and be humble about it... Most do and are humble, but just like with everything else, there’s always that 1% factor that somehow feels they need to swing their weenies around, and at this stage, it’s stupid and unnecessary.
So much here to unwrap. First, please give me the names of the European companies who are allowing 200 hour pilots in 737s so I can make sure my family never boards one of their planes. I’m hoping you don’t advocate such ridiculous low mins for US carriers, because that’s how I’m reading it.
Second, if your point about why military pilots have an inside track were true, then I would not have been laughed out of my logbook review at my first SWA interview for including 1200 RW hours in my 2800 military hours.