Tucker covers airline safety issues
02-27-2023, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Rama
There may be 166,000 ATP's, but the 121 carrier where I work is hiring them at minimal experience levels.
!800 hours could get you into the right seat of a widebody as an RO on long haul flights.
5 or 10 years ago, it would have gotten you a TBNT letter.
!800 hours could get you into the right seat of a widebody as an RO on long haul flights.
5 or 10 years ago, it would have gotten you a TBNT letter.
02-27-2023, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Twin Wasp
And by the time you get to 21 years of age you’re a few years out of high school. The FAA says there are about 166,000 ATPs. It would be interesting to see how many are restricted.
Are those 166,000 all under age 65? Or even still alive? The airman database goes back to about WW2.
02-27-2023, 07:04 PM
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Their statistics page says estimated active. One of the notes says that older paper certs are not counted so their numbers wouldn’t include pilots who didn’t update to plastic certificates. Wasn’t that about 15 years ago?
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