Originally Posted by
Flyinhigh
Had a similiar thing happen years ago as I was getting ready to retire from the military. Back then you had to get a permission slip to take the ATP written and flight exam. Went to the Atlanta FSDO with my Form 8 that showed over 6000 hours of KC-135 time. The young guy in the office asked me where my cross country time was!! Had to point out several flights in excess of 8 hours that crossed the Atlantic and the Pacific. Finally an older gentleman came over and explained what a KC-135 was and told the young guy to give me the forms. Sometimes the military to civilian doesn't translate very well.
When I went to get my Beech 1900 type, the check airman looks at my flying time report/history and proceeds to methodically add up 10 hours of flying time as PIC. There were at least 3-4 pages with a couple of hundred hours showing PIC time. The guy insisted however ... 1.2 hours Ok. 1.2 +1.4 = 2.6 hours. Ok 2.6 + 1.3 ... and so on. I was laughing it was so funny.