Originally Posted by
TurboDog
I think what most are trying to get at here is the fact that these guys need to get 100 hours withing the first 120 days, or they would be required to start training over from day 1 of indoc. I don't think it looks good that we would get any flying within the 120 days to save those guys, but stranger things have happened.
Nah, I'm talking about further down the line. I don't know the finer points of the requirements when they come back whether the cutoff would be their checkride or if they have to get the 100 hours. My understanding was that they had to get the 100 hours within 120 days or they would have to repeat the checkride not the whole training course. This happened to someone I know at another airline, although I did hear about it second hand. If they get the type then get furloughed they are going to have to go through the checkride again anyway.
Found it:
§ 121.434 Operating experience, operating cycles, and consolidation of knowledge and skills.
(g) Except as provided in paragraph (h) of this section, pilot in command and second in command crewmembers must each acquire at least 100 hours of line operating flight time for consolidation of knowledge and skills (including operating experience required under paragraph (c) of this section) within 120 days after the satisfactory completion of:
(1) Any part of the flight maneuvers and procedures portion of either an airline transport pilot certificate with type rating practical test or an additional type rating practical test, or
(2) A §121.441 proficiency check.
121.441 essentially describes an MV/LOE.
So when they came back they would have to repeat the checkride then do the 100 hrs. That's my understanding.