Originally Posted by
Fit4Doody
The only FOs i know of that have gone right seat to right seat have: been a 121 FO for 4.5 years and had 5000+ TT, were of a specific ethnicity, or had significant TPIC already. Even pilots of the “minority gender” have been CAs for the most part believe it or not.
I know a number of minority FOs who went to legacy carriers with zero TPIC, less than 4 years and less than 5000TT. Otherwise they needed to have more than 5 years, most were about 8 years.
But this was XJT. It seemed to be the exception there.