Pilot (in)experience around the world
Hi folks, I posted something similar on the Caribbean board re: low total time in getting hired at different airlines.
I just learned that TAM Airlines, Brazil, requires only 800TT!
LAN Airlines require only 200TT!
Am I just naive, or ignorant, or both, in thinking that this is CRAZY and just asking for trouble.
When I had 800TT I was barely safe in a twin engine Cessna 310! I shudder to think of what I'd have to go through if I was F/O on a jet airliner with only 800TT and the Captain became incapacitated.
The Colgan Buffalo crash should serve as a fine example of the dangers of low TT and inexperience.
I'm sorry but I would not hesitate to keep my family off an airliner that has an F/O with only 200TT! This is insanity and will eventually result in another useless tragedy. There is a very good reason why most major US airlines require 5000TT minimum!
Flame away, I'm all ears as to the justification of this practice.
aa73, hired at AA with ONLY 3000TT and that was LOW in my group!