Originally Posted by
ImperialxRat
I don't think you're totally out of luck. I remember a few of the regionals in the past had 50 hours multi as their minimum, and to be honest, I don't see much change in those requirements. Some of the better regionals will still probably have 100 hours as their requirement.
I would not bet on this...
When hiring resumed after the last downturn, there was an endless supply of ASEL pilots with 1500-2000+ hours. The airlines thinned out the applicants by focusing on ME time...you needed at least 350-500 to even be considered. In the past the high-ME time 91 and 135 folks got first crack at the jobs, and 2-3 years later did they start looking at 100 hour ME pilots as the norm.
To make matters worse, the post-colgan bills in congress require (inadddition to an ATP) that airlines place emphasis on ME experience when hiring. No set amount is specified but I'm sure the airlines would be very way of anyone with less than 200 or so.
Bottom line...in this day-and-age plenty of ME time will be required. The airlines will have no trouble finding it initially, so if you already have 1000 TT, multi time should be your number one priority. As far as airlines are concerned, you will be going nowhere without it.