Originally Posted by
bafanguy
Found this from 2019 from a Delta posting. At least they were thinking about it back then:
Announcing a change to our minimum pilot requirements!
Effective immediately, Delta will allow pilots of aircraft in the Powered Lift category (e.g. the V22 Osprey, AV8B Harrier, and F35B) to count 90% of your Powered Lift flight time toward our requirement of 1,000 hours fixed wing turbine time.
"Cause sitting keeping the wings level in cruise is MUCH more important than being in charge of a multi-million dollar aircraft during a difficult and skillful vertical take/off or landing- Sheesh!