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TransWorld , 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.

Just for clarification, did you mean !800 or 1800 hours?

#22

Rama , 02-27-2023 09:03 AM

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Sorry, 1800.

#23

rickair7777 , 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.

Not many I'd guess. I don't think too many folks bother to get an RATP unless they work for a regional. So some subset of regional FOs. Maybe a tiny handful at LCCs these days.

Are those 166,000 all under age 65? Or even still alive? The airman database goes back to about WW2.

#24

Twin Wasp , 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?