Dan208B
Well-Known Member
So... I could be reading this wrong, but I don't think so. Fine print in the new rule says all Captains on Part 121 aircraft must have 1000 hours as a crewmember on a Part 121 aircraft.
This isn't an issue for 95% of pilots out there at 121 companies. Most upgrade times are longer than this. However, my current airline has been hiring street captains for a startup 121 operation. I'm trying to understand what's going to happen now. They hired a lot of extremely well qualified pilots without prior 121 experience as direct entry captains. And apparently this law goes into effect before the end of this month. So does that mean these folks will either be downgraded or out of a job? Many of them would not have taken the job as an FO (mostly for reasons of pay and/or they had a job previously that was better than an FO here but not as good as a Captain here.)
Anyone have any more insight on this and how it will affect the few folks out there that fall into this category?
This isn't an issue for 95% of pilots out there at 121 companies. Most upgrade times are longer than this. However, my current airline has been hiring street captains for a startup 121 operation. I'm trying to understand what's going to happen now. They hired a lot of extremely well qualified pilots without prior 121 experience as direct entry captains. And apparently this law goes into effect before the end of this month. So does that mean these folks will either be downgraded or out of a job? Many of them would not have taken the job as an FO (mostly for reasons of pay and/or they had a job previously that was better than an FO here but not as good as a Captain here.)
Anyone have any more insight on this and how it will affect the few folks out there that fall into this category?