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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
(Post 243611)
1200 hour guy regardless of experience had because even if it is 1200 hours of patrolling a highway or working the pattern in a 152 it is 800 more hours of oppurtunity to use decision making skills and encounter problems that others may have not seen.
Multi is not a designator of pilot skill 1200 hours as a VFR only CFI doing touch and goes for all private pilots, vs a 400 hr pilot that has 200 hrs flying as an SIC on a turbine aircraft can't be compared. A 400 hr UPT candidate is more likely to have a wider variety of experience than a 1200 hr part 91 "podunk" candidate. While the CFI might have had more opportunity to experience the "unknown", the 400 hr pilot is probably more likely to succeed in a high altitude environment with less supervision. At the end of the day, 1200 hrs or 400 hrs, they both pass the same checkrides and I'm still the captain. As such, I still anticipate a need (as well as a desire) to mentor/oversee any new first officer. Likewise, I'm not going to shut down an opportunity to learn from another crewmember and utilize the best of their own experiences- regardless of how many hours or the type of experience they may have. |
Originally Posted by FlyerJosh
(Post 243626)
1200 hours as a VFR only CFI doing touch and goes for all private pilots, vs a 400 hr pilot that has 200 hrs flying as an SIC on a turbine aircraft can't be combined. A 400 hr UPT candidate is more likely to have a wider variety of experience than a 1200 hr part 91 "podunk" candidate.
While the CFI might have had more opportunity to experience the "unknown", the 400 hr pilot is probably more likely to succeed in a high altitude environment with less supervision. At the end of the day, 1200 hrs or 400 hrs, they both pass the same checkrides and I'm still the captain. As such, I still anticipate a need (as well as a desire) to mentor/oversee any new first officer. Likewise, I'm not going to shut down an opportunity to learn from another crewmember and utilize the best of their own experiences- regardless of how many hours or the type of experience they may have. Best response so far............ |
Do the airlines really look at where your time came from or do they just look at how much you have? Just about all of mine is as a CFI doing both touch and goes and also lots of instrument work. My only problem is I'm short on the multi because I haven't had very many multi engine students.
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Originally Posted by FlyerJosh
(Post 243626)
1200 hours as a VFR only CFI doing touch and goes for all private pilots, vs a 400 hr pilot that has 200 hrs flying as an SIC on a turbine aircraft can't be compared. A 400 hr UPT candidate is more likely to have a wider variety of experience than a 1200 hr part 91 "podunk" candidate.
While the CFI might have had more opportunity to experience the "unknown", the 400 hr pilot is probably more likely to succeed in a high altitude environment with less supervision. At the end of the day, 1200 hrs or 400 hrs, they both pass the same checkrides and I'm still the captain. As such, I still anticipate a need (as well as a desire) to mentor/oversee any new first officer. Likewise, I'm not going to shut down an opportunity to learn from another crewmember and utilize the best of their own experiences- regardless of how many hours or the type of experience they may have. |
I think they absolutely look at where your time comes from.
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Originally Posted by HercDriver130
(Post 243682)
I think they absolutely look at where your time comes from.
An airline is going to favor a 100ME hour MEI who taught engine cuts on takeoff, after liftoff, and full feather shutdowns..over a 100ME hour pilot, who went to florida, rented a plane and did lackadaisical VFR cross countries from Ocala to JAX to the keys for 3 weeks. Not saying that block time is always like that, but let's be real. |
Originally Posted by TXTECHKA
(Post 243533)
1200 hour guy any day
It's not how many hours a pilot flys a twin with both engines running, it's how well he flys a twin with only one engine running! (ie. single engine multi) |
Originally Posted by andy171773
(Post 243694)
Exactly...
An airline is going to favor a 100ME hour MEI who taught engine cuts on takeoff, after liftoff, and full feather shutdowns..over a 100ME hour pilot, who went to florida, rented a plane and did lackadaisical VFR cross countries from Ocala to JAX to the keys for 3 weeks. Not saying that block time is always like that, but let's be real. How about a 100 ME hour pilot flying around building time vs a 50 ME hour MEI? |
50 hour mei, hands down, I did that route and I can say I was a new 22 hour MEI, I SUCKED at it. My first students where Chinese, they sucked too, pretty scary at times. At 50, I felt good, 100 I could relax and at 150 I started having fun.
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Originally Posted by XJPILOT1
(Post 243706)
It's not how many hours a pilot flys a twin with both engines running, it's how well he flys a twin with only one engine running! (ie. single engine multi)
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