Snafu,
I am sure I misread your post, but many people beginning line training these days have
zero hours of actual flight time in that type and as little as 16 hours manipulating and 16 hours supporting in the simulator.
That they may start with only 220-230 flight hours in light aircraft of minimal relevance to the type in which they are going to be carrying passengers is something that AJ and Boston Bruce will strenuously avoid admitting on record. They, including MR, showed an uncanny ability to avoid answering direct questions and managed to obfuscate with relative ease - pretty tough on non-technical Senators faced with a miniscule 45 minute window to expose the ills of the Empire!
It will be interesting to watch whethered they get skewered on friday 18 Mar 11...
Stay Alive,