My take on the 1500 hour rule
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Is that what you see in the middle of the bell curves or you stating that you have seen extremes. Do you based multiples future on extremes? 1500 hr rule comes from MANY places I'll bet and is a cooperative effort I'm sure with input from MANY people and organizations who know plenty about flying and aviation in general.
The 1500 hour rule is the best compromise possible.
The only part I disagree with is keeping the 23 year old limit. 21 would be perfectly ok.
#102
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Joined APC: Feb 2013
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I did know some damn good pilots who had more ratings than I did at 20 and could have flown circles around some airline guys. Age is just a number, just ask the blond in the Corvette with the old dude
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I believe if you would take a poll from passengers they would want to see some experience on the flight deck. It's really not so much of stick and rudder skills which is important but just having a good amount of flight time. The current culture tells us that older pilots with a ton of flight time are not the top pick for jobs, this is a sad trend.
#108
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After reading through various posts from first to last, and realizing that the majority of these posts are from pre 08/2013, there is another issue that nobody seems to be bringing up. If it is true that there is a looming "shortage" of qualified pilots, few domestic students enrolled in flight schools, and the mandatory retirement that is now taking effect, don't you think at some point the airlines (entry level positions) might increase entry level pay? After 4-5 yrs of college, $60 - 100k in flight training, and now a requirement to have 1500 hrs before anything remotely serious will look at you, it's no wonder they might have a hard time attracting anyone with any sense. I guess they figure that after we have gone through all of that we must be crazy, so therefore we'll be glad to work for $22k/year. They do that only because they can. I'm hoping this supposed "shortage" comes to fruition and they are forced to pay what one would think is reasonable for someone going through that amount of training, handling the amount of responsibility that is required for the job. Does anyone ever realize that your garbage man makes more than the new Regional pilot?
#109
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If you like flying then don't give up. Nothing is typical. I have had friends that have gotten hired to fly Lears at 800 hours and guys who have thousands of hours who never got hired anywhere. (Though with the state of the regionals currently the ladder is not likely. Also you never know they could have something in their backgrounds that they don't want to cop to that is why they are not getting interviews. It could be that a company just didn't think that you were the right fit for them. I know I have been turned down for jobs before and the people who got my job had less time and far less experience than I had. Timing is everything and when its your times it will all work out. I have just missed out a few times and every time it has happened it has saved my from being furloughed or working for a company that went bankrupt etc.
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