That's true to a point Kenneth.. The civilian route is fine as long as you get multi-time and a job in a turbo prop or jet.. The 1,500 hour rule is a good thing, there's some 800 hour captains out there flying regional jets, their scheduling sucks, crappy pay and that's not a good thing.. In my opinion, every pilot should have an ATP before they start flying in the right seat of a regional or major airline..

That's true to a point Kenneth.. The civilian route is fine as long as you get multi-time and a job in a turbo prop or jet.. The 1,500 hour rule is a good thing, there's some 800 hour captains out there flying regional jets, their scheduling sucks, crappy pay and that's not a good thing.. In my opinion, every pilot should have an ATP before they start flying in the right seat of a regional or major airline..

Some Airlines in Australia will hire at 250 hours multi-engine time for second Officers (Tiger or Jetstar). You can go to their web sites to find out about their hiring guidelines.I think you then become a First Officer with some training, with little or no time as Second Officer.

Lufthansa pilots learn how to fy in Phoenix Arizona. They are using the Beechcraft Bonanza.There they are learning the basics of flying an aircraft. How to recover a stall and etc.After that they are flying with a Cessna Citation CJ1+ back in Germany.So they don't jump right in the cockpit of an real airliner. the basics are important.

there's some 800 hour captains out there flying regional jets

BillyBob, put down that 'shine' :-) 800 FO's, not captains, left seat in a 121 op requires an ATP and a type rating, right seat as of now only a comm ticket

Edited February 28, 201214 yr by PIC007

BillyBob, put down that 'shine' :-) 800 FO's, not captains, left seat in a 121 op requires an ATP and a type rating, right seat as of now only a comm ticket

NEVER will I put down the shine, hahaha. Anyway, I saw a documentary where a regional pilot moved to the left seat with about 800TT , Freaky!!.. The documentary is called "Flying Cheap".. I was shocked myself that they would bust a rule like that. It was Pinnacle Airlines I believe...Edit.. I just watched a clip, my 800TT was inaccurate, he moved to Capt. position in 9 mos with 500 hours TT.. Yes, that's 500.. Holyyyyy Poo poo..

Edited February 28, 201214 yr by CaptBillyBob

Check this out!!

Edit.. I just watched a clip, my 800TT was inaccurate, he moved to Capt. position in 9 mos with 500 hours TT.. Yes, that's 500.. Holyyyyy Poo poo..

Id love to see that clip

When is BillyBob going to do some more videos?? Maybe tutorial #3? (If this is the BillyBob im thinking of)!

When is BillyBob going to do some more videos?? Maybe tutorial #3? (If this is the BillyBob im thinking of)!

You talkin bout the Hillbilly pilot on youtube?? haha.. that's one of my characters.. I've been busy lately, but can do a vid today for ya.. What kind of tutorial would you like?

Fontaine??I'D love to see that camp pilot, cracked me up for days man or the Chinese 747 pilot with engine fires on all 4!

Fontaine??I'D love to see that camp pilot, cracked me up for days man or the Chinese 747 pilot with engine fires on all 4!

I recently upgraded everything, so I don't have the queen installed yet.. I have the 737-300 and all the NGX's, so, pick a character and whatever scenario, location etc... Yes, this is Fontaine32 btw.. :)

OK mate...I thought it was you!The camp pilot in the NGX any model landing at LOWI showing how its done!Nice 1 Captain, i miss your vids!

Check this out!!

Could I by any chance watch a full version somewhere? Or it was all?

Hi Dmitrij, it's called "Flying Cheap".. I saw it on Netflix, maybe youtube has the full version, not sure..

Hi Dmitrij, it's called "Flying Cheap".. I saw it on Netflix, maybe youtube has the full version, not sure..

Thanks, gonna check it out.