Originally Posted by
BURflyer
Your argument is so absurd it's not even funny, typical pay for training response. A 172 pilot with 5 hours, in essence, can do the same thing as a 172 pilot with 1000 hours. Takeoff and land, very simple. Of course you and I know there is much more than that. If there was a serious emergency do you think the 172 pilot with 5 hours would be better chance of coming out alive than the 1000 hour pilot? I don't care if you nailed the training and made best friends with the instructor. If the $hit hits the fan, you will not be ready. And that is why you have to EARN the right. 300 hours compared to 3000, you must be kidding. As far as your comment above about easy entry to the majors, you're thinking of the 70s when you could get a job with 1000 hours crop dusting. Those days are LONG gone, it has always been tougher since then.
I don't think it's absurd at all, and just so you know, I'm not a pft, I'm a CFI/CFII who spent 2 years instructing and half of that time teaching full time, I had well over a hundred multi before I got hired, and have already had 2 regional jobs since then. I come here without a ton of experience but I've seen 2 classes full of all kinds of people who got experience in all different places. And an airline wants to hire people who won't wash out of their training, and I can tell you from experience that hours did not correlate to success in these classes. And I think YOUR arguement about a 5 hour pilot is absurd because no one is suggesting putting a presolo pilot in a jet. However I do believe that getting ME time can be very expensive, and getting an MEI can be nearly as expensive. Also MEI jobs don't grow on trees. So I'm a true true believer that a guy with say 1000-1500 tt and 25 multi should be able to get a job. Personally if I were on an interviewing board, I'd like to see someone come in, nail the sim, do well on a written and tech, and show me some personality so I know I could sit next to him for a 4 day. I'm just saying that hours are not a very good indicator of success. If they can do all of that, and they have 500tt and 50 multi, all the power to em.