Some of the people I fly with tell me crazy stories...like splitting the costs and flying airplanes coast to coast to get to 1500. I personally saw one candidate dismissed from class for pencil whipping his times. I just don't understand it. 1500 hours is 2 years of instruction, maybe less, at anyplace with a decent amount of students. Why is that so difficult?

And yeah, not much sympathy from us "lost decade" types. Let me tell you how fun it was finding an instructor job immediately post 9/11. I came into the regionals with 2100 TT and 800 multi, and that was mid-range in my class. So no...1500 is not stagnation. 10,000, which I'm reaching and can't seem to get a call from anyone, is.