Originally Posted by
DrSmacFum
is 500 hours good enough for a FO position, or is the reality more hours required to be competitive?
Yes, the minimums are good enough. The only real aspect to "competitive" is when we have our next opening. We aren't hiring permanent first officers, so they turn over fairly quickly. Our first officers, while they are required crew members in the E120, are also here to get the hours required to become captains in our BE99s and then follow on aircraft.