Fair enough.
But I still don't understand the concept of 100 hrs "line training". So this is done without fare paying passengers ?
If not, then the airline involved must be benefitting from not "employing" a FO.
I must put my hands up and confess to not knowing the ins and outs of it all and if I have got it wrong, then I apologise.
The concept of gaining time on a jet to make you more appealing to an employer is fair enough, but do employers count 100 hrs as experience enough ? I thought 500 hrs was the benchmark (and surely no one pays for that amount of time ?)