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Old 02-03-2019, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes View Post
Plus, with a "pilot shortage", so many places are hurting for instructors just as much as airlines are hurting for pilots, so making your 1500 hours is a snap, so to say. When it's the other way around, it can be a long arduous journey to get your 1500 and especially the XC time, but then when that's the case, the rate of hiring was so slow that it also didn't matter, unless you had thousands and thousands of hours, they weren't looking at you anyway.
I agree with getting an extra 500 hours not being a huge deal.

My concern would be that a 17 year old kid starting flight training could be shooting himself in the foot by delaying his ATP two years. Having 1500 hours at age 21 won’t help if you need to wait until 23 to take your test.

It sounds like getting a PPL at that age should be fine, but some thought should be given to the pros vs cons of doing training in excess of that.
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