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Feb 23 at 20:20 comment added John K Nobody ever went from a flying school to a regional airline in the past. When I was young you needed a couple thousand hours before they would look at you. You get your ratings, and go fly for 3rd tier carriers, or instruct or go fly the bush, or whatever. The path is there for anybody who can finance a commercial lisc. Much easier now, since the shortage is so bad and everybody is crying for pilots.
Feb 23 at 18:38 comment added Questor Yeah, $200K worth flights (after flight school) before you can become a pilot? becoming a pilot is not for the poor.
Feb 23 at 18:28 comment added John K Yep. None of it ever made any sense. In Canada there is no such thing and the Regionals still take kids with 4-500 hrs, sometimes right from the schools, but for the really green ones they give them a more comprehensive training program than the normal 3-week fire hose initial type course.
Feb 23 at 18:00 comment added Questor The funny thing there is that both pilots in the Colgan crash had more then 1500 hours...
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