Originally Posted by
TurboDog
Think about this for a moment. If part 135 has always required at Min. 1200 TT for VFR and 1500 for IFR, then why has the FAA been allowing pilots with as little as 300 TT behind the controls of Turboprop or Jet. Granted there isn't any part 121 Single pilot ops, but even part 121 at some place like Colgan you could be a PIC of a commercial airliner with 1000TT.
Actually... to be a part 135 PIC under VFR, you need 500TT, 100 XC, 25 night; under IFR, it's 1200TT, 500 XC, 100 night and 75 instrument... now, if it's a jet, they have to have ATP. Reference FAR 135.243 (b) and (c).
Also, under no circumstances would you ever have a 1000 hour PIC of an airliner... ATP is a requirement to be a PIC under Part 121, and in order to be one, you need 1500TT.