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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.
I NEVER said there shouldnt be minimum of fixed wing time, just that theres a slight disadvantage. My last airline hired plenty former military helicopter pilots that only had the time for a fw multi-comm. Funny, they seemed to get through training just fine.
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.
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
Thats because a helicopter is not an airplane.
Well of course, they're a sub class of pilots that have NO business flying fixed wing, duh. For the slow types, that's extreme sarcasm.
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.
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