Is the PIC requirement a thing of the past?
08-28-2012, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by trlaketige
I guess we disagree. My view is that all are free to enlist and pursue a position in the military as a pilot. That is the equal opportunity. Some medical requirements prevent some applicants from being successful. That is true in the civilian world too. So what?
08-28-2012, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by GlobeTreker
Good to know all I have to do is be a nice guy on the interweb thingy and then my phone will ring off the hook. Everybody knows the majors use APC as a recruiting tool.
08-28-2012, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by AtlCSIP
A number of years ago, and 2 days before my commercial multi engine checkride, a retired military helo pilot with thousands of hours of command time busted his commercial fixed wing multi engine add on due to an inability to handle crosswind landings. Then, an hour later, he landed gear up during his retraining. Not to generalize, but there are circumstances where your argument doesn't fit. I don't know what the hours should be, but flying fixed wing is different from rotor wing. There should be a minimum number of fixed wing flight hours, as there would be if I tried to get a rotor wing job.
And you could take an old crusty 747 CA with 20k+ hours and put him into a tail dragger that he may not have flown for decades and he'd probably kill himself. Not to generalize, but there are circumstances where your argument doesnt fit.
Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
Thats because a helicopter is not an airplane.
But see above.
Annnnnnnny waaaaaaayyyyyyyyy.......getting back on topic. For those that think a PIC requirement will go away, think again. It'll ALWAYS carry a premium. Of course, the value of the premium subject to supply and demand.
And for those that think that RJ FO's with no TPIC will start getting cold calls from the legacies/majors with ZERO recommendation/internal connection/affiliation, well, probably not gonna happen anytime soon. If EVER.
08-28-2012, 07:11 PM
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Well, we've gone from on topic to several pages of mil/civ crap and now to fixed wing/rotary wing.
I guess the next logical morph is female pilots aren't as qualified as male pilots? Or perhaps someone who flew for gojet can never be as qualified as someone from TSA?
I guess the next logical morph is female pilots aren't as qualified as male pilots? Or perhaps someone who flew for gojet can never be as qualified as someone from TSA?
08-28-2012, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Well, we've gone from on topic to several pages of mil/civ crap and now to fixed wing/rotary wing.
I guess the next logical morph is female pilots aren't as qualified as male pilots? Or perhaps someone who flew for gojet can never be as qualified as someone from TSA?
I guess the next logical morph is female pilots aren't as qualified as male pilots? Or perhaps someone who flew for gojet can never be as qualified as someone from TSA?
Hat? Or, no hat?
08-28-2012, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by coryk
So are you saying enlisted types are inferior? I sure hope not. 
- former enlisted.
- former enlisted.
08-28-2012, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Are you saying as enlisted you were held to all the same qualifications as the officers?
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