Originally Posted by
GHawk
I probably have the reasoning incorrect (I’d like to know why this is a requirement) but I interviewed after you started class and that’s the information I and others received. The Flight Time Initiative was offered up as a way to fund the additional ME hours, I don’t see why they would do this if it were not mandatory. It appears this was a recent change.
Probably because they want more experience since the failure rate is high (relatively speaking). Also, be careful who you listen to on this forum, there was no Oct 6th indoc class this year.