Originally Posted by Mooose

Right, but as I said initially, 100 of these hours can come from a sim, and various companies do allow for the conversion. So you absolutely can get hired with less than 750 military logged flight hours.



You're right there is no regulation from the FAA about the conversion, but the conversion still exists. I have military friends that have taken advantage of the conversions by United and other companies to reach minimums, which basically means the company is willing to vouch that you actually have the minimum hours. The FAA apparently has no problem with this. But this leaves a regulatory gap. Why is someone below mins allowed to convert their military times via an employer for an FAA certification, but someone who tries to without the backing of an employer unable to?

I have no intention of converting the time myself and plan on logging only what my military docs say, but I am planning on calling the local FSDO come monday.