Originally Posted by JohnBurke

No reason to question the posters authenticity. He has a long enough posting history here, and you can read it yourself, which leaves nothing to question his veracity. He details his timeline as a F/O, then as regional captain, identifies his hours at various times, posts in numerous threads seeking information about potential employers, asks a lot of questions, and doesn't seem to hide anything. I don't believe he inferred in this thread that he is employed by either Omni or National, hence his question, which didn't seem to be that complex. Based on his posts to date, he's probably got the experience level in terms of hours to apply; he's got F/O and captain experience, and I believe some international SIC experience, enough to know how the game is played.

His posting history indicates that he was or is still a captain at a regional.

The decision to take a direct entry job at an ACMI operator in an airplane like the 747 isn't one to take lightly; one ought to have international captain experience, as it's not the same as working at a regional. Classically, it's well said that ACMI international flying is more like 135 charter operations, and it's more akin to being given the keys to the airplane and told to fly to deep dark africa in the middle of a storm and a war with 30 DMI's, and make us proud. Good luck, we're all counting on you. Decidedly different than domestic international, though with some ACMI operators, one will also be doing that deep dark trip single pilot, because one's F/O will be as useful as a pimple on bacon.

To do that in an unfamiliar airplane (eg, jump from an RJ to a 747) may be asking a whole lot. The proverbial swiss cheese model works both ways; those who fall through the holes, and those who can't get past the cheese; each layer puts more to get through. Taking on a large, wide body energy-management airplane, captain duties, international duties, ACMI operations, a new-to-ye employer with unfamiliar policies and practices and paperwork and culture, may have varying degrees of challenge when taken on independently, but may present a considerably steeper uphill slog when taken collectively, all at once. With that in mind, the safety aspect of jumping into deep, cold water with both feet and only one's birthday suit for protection has it's own level of questionable wisdom, but on a different note, so also does the potential impact to one's future career should one be unable to swim, and must be plucked from the pool.

Hence, perhaps, the original poster's question, as he dips his toe, testing the water.