FAA declines Republic req to cut the 1500hrs
09-19-2022, 07:11 PM
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FAA declines Republic req to cut the 1500hrs
A big fat "NO" from the FAA about Republic's proposal saying their training is as good as the military's so they should be able to hire at 750 hours:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/f...urs/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/f...urs/index.html
09-19-2022, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by AirBear
A big fat "NO" from the FAA about Republic's proposal saying their training is as good as the military's so they should be able to hire at 750 hours:
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/f...urs/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/f...urs/index.html
09-19-2022, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
Alright I’ll be the one, so back in ‘em days 250hrs was enough and now 750 “academy style” isn’t.
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09-19-2022, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
Alright I’ll be the one, so back in ‘em days 250hrs was enough and now 750 “academy style” isn’t.
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1. Nobody can definitively say how much the 1500 hour minimum has impacted safety. There are way too many factors to consider. Anyone who says they know, is wrong.
2. In a competition between a 750 hour civilian training program and a 750 hour military career (consider not only the quality of training, but the highly competitive selection process, and the experience gained by the time a mil pilot has 750 hours), I would take the military every time. (With an exception for rotorwing aviators. It's asinine that military helicopter pilots get the reduction to 750 hours.)
09-19-2022, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by TiredSoul
Alright I’ll be the one, so back in ‘em days 250hrs was enough and now 750 “academy style” isn’t.
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Back in the day we didn’t have an AP disconnect alarm so we could crash into the Everglades while troubleshooting a burned out lightbulb.
09-20-2022, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
But it wasn't enough, competitive was 2000-ish and 300-ish. To fly right seat in sched 135 in a 30-seat prop job.
09-20-2022, 02:11 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
But it wasn't enough, competitive was 2000-ish and 300-ish. To fly right seat in sched 135 in a 30-seat prop job.
Yup. In the mid 90's not only were minimums 1500TT and 500 ME to fly a 19 seat Jetstream, but you had to pay FSI $10,000 for the privilege.
And once you were signed off, starting pay was around $13,500 per year. A considerable pay cut from the $24000 per year I was making flying cancelled checks in piston twins.
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