If I am not mistaken, the 1700/1000 announcement is targeting high time and experienced SE Fighter, RW or Osprey folks with very low FWME time. They should be targeted for PIC upgrade after 300 hours provided they can achive the required standards. A lot of those folks do longer first rotations so they can go through upgrade training quite early into their second trip. 1000/500 folks would be SIC for 180 days on site. What PIC or SIC employment status you are hired as is up to the Chief Pilot.