rickair:

Good to hear from you rick. Your words are always straight to the point and encouraging. I know at the medical exam, the AME said, "We've got some hurdles to get over." That within itself was very reassuring, however, this has been as I pointed out before a very humbling experience. As soon as I hear from FAA/OK, I'll post the outcome.

de727ups:

I do understand that some of the flight instructors were PP's 90 days or so ago, but wouldn't you think that they have CFI's that are FT employees? I mean not going anywhere anytime soon. From what I've heard, ( ...and no I haven't tour/visited their facilities) you are get a number of different instructors instructing you along the way. If this is the case, one of those guys may be retired AF, Navy or Marine aviator or airline captain and might just be picking up some extra cash. I don't know.

I'm definitely not going to through the baby out with the water in terms of the information you're providing. The multi-time is well worth it. However, the hiring mins could change at any time and be raised back up to 800-1200 hours TT with a mandatory 250 ME. Since I've been participating on APC, I've seen the them go up then back down.

Again, everything hinges on Oklahoma City.

Man, I'll be glad to know one way or the other.


atp