New Requirement for FO???

emb145 Junior Member

While the whole thing is disgusting its not quiet as bad at cape air. They actually pay you by the duty hour vs. everywhere else that pays you for the flight hour. I think every airline should do something like this, but $9 an hour is degrading to people with the educations and the responsibility that pilots typically have. But whatever, its never going to change. Pilots are our own worst enemies and like you said people will always line up for the jobs.

Dream_Land Newcomer Las Vegas

I agree with many posters about the increase in experience requirement, totally ridiculous. I think I remember some pilots in the 60's being hired with Private licenses and 300 total hours.

In many other countries around the world, pilots are drafted off the streets, they are trained to the airlines specifications and arrive on the line with anywhere from 200 to 250 hours total flying time, also, most foreign countries require First Officers to be type rated. Airlines that operate like this are not little commuters, names like Qantas, British Airways and Cathy Pacific come to mind.