Originally Posted by
A320LGW
Dont know about training standards down under but in Europe 200hrs is the point to advance onto turboprops/medium range jets. All works well here and I had no issues starting in an airline at that 'experience' level. I actually had 160TT when I flew my first passengers in a turboprop.
Anyway I agree the shortage is a scam the world over. I hate reading it and wish it could somehow be classed as false advertising and made illegal. A hiring boom is NOT a shortage. I have heard anecdotally that the US did actually have a shortage around 3 years back, though I don't know of any shortage to have occurred in Europe at least!
No offence, but there was a reason why the Buffalo crash in the US made them take stock on experience levels for crews. A lot of Pilots might be fine at 160TT but honestly, at that point you're still a very unknown quantity and I think the industry has been riding on past experienced crew for far too long and hoping for the best.
In relation to Universities and what they're telling students, we recently had one posting on here about being told to go do a "Jet Orientation Course" and MCC with about 200hrs TT. I personally did a single semester at a Uni about 12years ago when they were still relatively new and it was awful, lots of talk about Qantas Cadetships which never came about in any meaningful fashion and plenty of courses that were completely irrelevant to Aviation let alone being a Pilot along with people involved who really had no idea, seems like not a lot has changed tbh.