Ian_J
Hubschrauber Flieger
500 total or 500 FW?I was just in ATP school with four Army guys flying King airs. They all had been in for over 10 years, most around 15ish. They had been helicopter transition fix wing guys and been flying about 4-5 years. Most were barely over 500 hours. I was telling them they need to find another way to get hours or at this rate they might leave the military and barely make regionals. I know they can get their restricted ATPs but not many are gonna hire at 750 R-ATP. And who knows what the future holds, hiring can drastically change by the time they get out.
Most Army rotor guys who can scrap out 250 FW on their own can go straight to an LCC or AMCI these days with an R-ATP. JetBlue and Frontier types are gobbling them up much to the chagrin of big Army.