Originally Posted by
Approach1260
The 1,500 hour rule was pretty arbitrary, but at the same time it forces new pilots to get experience flying outside of a training environment. Those hours of flying without a flight instructor next to you is where you really build your Aeronautical Decision Making, and you probably make some bad calls that you get to learn from because of the lower stakes involved. Especially since these days a new hire is likely to be a Captain within two years at a regional, I do think those extra hours really make a difference.
Thats a very idealistic view.
Especially since there’s no requirement for those hours to be anything but drilling holes in the sky.
I know of people that bought their own clapped out Cherokee 140 because they didn’t want to flight instruct.
Look at all the shared time building threads on this forum. Safety pilot “PIC” what a joke.
So you think another 400 hrs in your uncle’s Arrow and 400 hrs of banner towing and 400 hrs of flight instruction magically makes you the better pilot?
Let’s say 0-CFI at a 141 school then 1200 hrs of flight instruction at same school:
Designated practice area’s, assigned cross countries, canned stage checks.
1500 hrs and a ATP-ME and you’ve literally not been out of State.
That’s why a numerical threshold doesn’t mean anything.
Period.