Originally Posted by
RyeMex
Per our Flight Operations Manual, any potential captain must have:
(1) 2,500 hours of total time on a turbojet aircraft of more than 41,000 pounds max take-off weight
and
1,000 hours of PIC time in a turbojet aircraft of more than 41,000 pounds max take-off weight
OR
(2) 1,500 hour of SIC time in a turbojet aircraft of more than 41,000 pounds max take-off weight and 500 hours as SIC with the company.
41,000 lbs isn’t that big of an airplane. These seem like minimalist requirements to be a captain on a heavy going to places that most people have never heard of. I know that you guys don’t fly as many hours every month as those at Delta or United and this could take time for some, but then again being a captain at an ACMI carrier is much more demanding than being a captain at a company that has vast resources in place every time the jet lands. The job that you do is way more difficult than what the legacy carriers do and requiring some quality experience before you are handed the keys to a heavy is a good thing.