Originally Posted by
Capt Fathom
I think you are grasping at straws if you think simulator time counts towards aeronautical experience! Yes it is experience…. but no, it isn’t.
Aeronautical experience means you have been airborne in an aircraft and your life has been on the line. That doesn’t happen in a simulator.
It is included in aeronautical experience as per the regs.
Originally Posted by
Mach1Muppet
Had a mate apply for a job with 250hrs 'total time', it was more like 200hrs actual flying time and 50 hrs sim..... Fact of the matter is they were below insurance minimums and didn't get the job. My understanding is total flying time is accurate total aeronautical experience is negligible at low hours.
Well that really is the crux of my question and a definite answer by a HOFO/big dog would be sweet - does insurance and contracts go off total flight time as pilot or aeronautical experience? The 500 hour mobs I'm thinking of have stipulations in their contracts for pilots to have 500 or at least be near 500hrs.