Originally Posted by shfo

I think this needs to be pointed out more. So many people don't understand. When you get hired with 250 hours TT you will still need to go fly a 172 to get the PIC required for upgrade. I also hope no airline will pay for these guys to fly a 172, they had no business flying people with that little PIC time anyway. We had this problem a couple of years ago when the guys hired in the late 90s with little time went in to upgrade. They got to the oral and the check airman looked at their 8710 and showed them the door.