Originally Posted by
three1five
I think the point I was making is getting missed because I didn’t make it well. What I’m saying is, a regulatory environment which says someone with 500 hrs of time monitoring the autothrottles in an E175 and 500 hrs of IRO time is worthy of a 737 upgrade—but a pilot with 3,000+hrs of command time in [B-2/C-130/B-52/P-8] is not worthy of said upgrade—ought to be looked at. We all know people in both camps who are going to be good captains, but the regulation ought to do a better job of ensuring overall experience.
Also, the 0200-0600 local time FSBs should go away.
You’re suggesting that military bubbas who don’t meet regulatory requirements and don’t have experience in 121 operation or at United should get a quick upgrade?
How many pilots are on the property with only 500 hours of monitoring ERJ throttles or only 500 of IRO time? I don’t follow the equivalency that military flying has to 121 ops. Not to discount potential and ability, but there’s more to airline flying than operating the jet.