Is this what it's come to?
04-06-2016 | 02:58 PM
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Is this what it's come to?
I'll just leave this here...
My new hire FO sim partner in the E175 here at Mesa has a whopping 25 hours of multi time and is not an MEI.
Originally Posted by a pilot in the regional forum
My new hire FO sim partner in the E175 here at Mesa has a whopping 25 hours of multi time and is not an MEI.
04-06-2016 | 03:52 PM
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Yep. How soon they forget. I can remember jumpseating on regionals pre-911 and quite a few FOs had less than 500hrs TT. And it wasn't just the bottom of the barrel regionals.
04-06-2016 | 03:55 PM
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If I remember correctly I had about 1200TT and 250ME when I got my first job flying twin T-Props over the Grand Canyon. No MEI, no CFII. This was in the early to mid 90's.
25 hours seems pretty low. I know a guy at United who got hired somewhere around '89-'90. He was an intern and in his 30's. He DID NOT have his multi when hired. Was told he needed it before he started class. Went and got his multi and had a whopping 10 hours when he started class!
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25 hours seems pretty low. I know a guy at United who got hired somewhere around '89-'90. He was an intern and in his 30's. He DID NOT have his multi when hired. Was told he needed it before he started class. Went and got his multi and had a whopping 10 hours when he started class!
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04-06-2016 | 03:59 PM
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04-06-2016 | 04:02 PM
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Look at all the F16 pilots hired by the airlines over the years, how much 'Multi Time' do you think they had when hired?
I remember some who had to get the 'Centerline Thrust' restriction removed when they checked out as F/O's!
I remember some who had to get the 'Centerline Thrust' restriction removed when they checked out as F/O's!
04-06-2016 | 04:04 PM
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B-52 pilots had to get the centerline thrust restriction removed too.
04-06-2016 | 04:07 PM
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Yeah but a viper develops a little more character in a pilot than a C-172.
