I often see ads for Police pilots but the hours requirements always makes me wonder. What would be the difference in flying ability of someone who had done 2500hours TT, mainly as instructor in an R22 and say someone who has done some commercial/instructing and some offshore multi crew multi eng, and only had <1500 hoursTT. From my point of view there is no difference between the two really. Except one of them may hold an IR?
Is it an insurance bulls**t requirement or is it purely to separate the wheat from the chaff, so to speak?
I always wanted to fly for the police but my lack of hours always put paid to it. I'll never have NVG experience, or low level probably, but aren't these skills which can be learned and for someone with the correct aptitude, maybe the whole hours thing is a bit off.??
Just wondered.
