FR8dognit
Good Ole'boys club member
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2002
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- 249
What I find is amazing is the corporate jet world and 135 world..
for a while I flew at a bottom dweller 135 that had citations and their upgrade requirement was 3500TT and 1000 Multi engine.. so in effect an F16 pilot with 3000TT was unable.. on the other hand, an idiot they hired right into the left seat of a Citation 560 (I was a 3300TT FO at the time, but mind you, had prior 121 PIC in ATR 72's and 2000+ turbine multi).. anyway, this idiot came from Empire flying caravans and flew Cessna 414's before that.. so his total experience in jets was 0, and his highest altitude flights were in the teens' in prop's... They deemed him "qualified" as a captain and he ended up running out of gas (or dang near) after landing with 6 gal in the plane.
This is the kind of twisted logic in of our profession that drives me crazy.
Some of these smaller companies might be restricted by their insurance companies. I know at two previous employers this was the case. Very exact numbers on what experience they thought the pilots should have. I was at the lower end of most of them but I have a lot of Military buddies that wouldn't have qualified.