Originally Posted by pitchattitude

True. You must be a military pilot to qualify for the 750 hour R-ATP. I don’t know what the requirements are, but you can still get your fixed wing ratings as add ons. And I don’t know that one can qualify for any of the R-ATP programs, but I know of at least a couple of guys that were straight civilian pilots that started out in rotors and had minimal fixed wing time when hired. But they were NOT part of the RTP program.