Originally Posted by Stratapilot

I wouldn't be against requiring the pilots to be PIC typed either. I've done the right seat program over at prestosim here in dallas and I'll be the first to say its baloney with respect to the training required to handle something hurtling through the skies at 400 KTAS.

Again the "ATP SIC" would require almost the same amount of hours as an ATP with one exception, the cross country hours lowered to 200 hours. 500 hours of cross country time is REALLY had to come by if your a flight instructor. I figured that for me to come up with 500 hours of cross country time, assuming 5 hours of cross country training per student, I would need to long almost 4000 hours in the process. Some of us really enjoy flight instructing, however would be uncomfortable with the idea of freight hauling, which would be the only reasonable way to gain those hours.

I'm all for maintaining quality, but its important to grant reasonable accessibility to those that would like to pursue a career.