Originally Posted by
Led Zep
In the late eighties and into the early-to-mid nineties this was the norm. In fact, it was rare to find a CFI in the early 1990's who left a flight school with less than 1500 hours.
If one wanted a job flying cancelled checks in a light twin, then that person had to have at a MINIMUM 1200/200. Realistically it was the person with an ATP who got the job and probably had closer to 500 multi.
One may ask why that person didn't apply to a regional if they had that much experience. Because the commuters (as they were known then) didn't even acknowledge your resume unless you had 2000 - 2500 TT with at least 500 - 1000 ME. And that was just to get into the right seat of a Brasilia or a an ATR! Want PIC time? The upgrade was at least 2-3 years. And just about every major had people on furlough and nobody seemed to be hiring.
That is more what normal is. Getting hired right out of flight school and into the right seat of a jet is not the normal scenario. In fact, those days will probably never return.
What about Jet University? (FLAME SHIELDS UP, LOL) It's still seeming to work, don't you think? I mean if you don't want to CFI, then you shouldn't! No one wants a p155y instructor. All but 1 of my instructors have been a blast to fly with, and the 1 that wasn't caused me to stop flying for some time... He was miserable, and absolutely no fun. Guys like that shouldn't be instructors. I loved all of my others, and I'll never forget them.
I'm not saying I don't think people should be able to fly airliners with 250TT, but let's face it... Some DO very well, but can't teach worth a s h 1 t...