Originally Posted by
Horatio Leafblower
Bend Alot
Yes, quite. You are correct. I was rushing out the door to go flying.
Presumably the instructor is on the premises and getting paid accordingly... but you would agree that the pay received is not directly related to the duration of the student's solo flight.
Okihara
If an applicant came to my company and said "I have 1500 hours of command time which I paid for myself and I would like a job, please" the answer would be a simple no. I would also be very surprised if any airline's answer would be any different. It's not a matter of hours, champ, it's a matter of EXPERIENCE. The hours, if gained in a commercial pilot context, are indicative (although not always correctly so) of exposure to a certain level and intensity of professional experience.
1500 hours of tooling around at your own expense and to your own devices, outside of any supervision, additional training, professional discipline, without formal guidance and mentoring strikes me as the worst possible gestation for a pilot who would presumably then be seeking a lifetime of employment within a system which has very high levels of supervision, ongoing training, professional discipline, formal guidance, and so on.
Agree 100% that the payment is not directly related to the students flight.
But I disagree that a flat no, is warranted for a 1,500 hour pilot that has paid their way by being an aircraft owner of a C152 for what would be the best part of 3 years.
I would love to hear the unexpected stories of that adventure first - buying a plane is the cheap part!