It seems they are claiming a shortage of Jet candidates,
many in my boat wont meet that part 121 requirement.
121.557 The rule states:
(d) A pilot may not commence an introduction segment of the training
programme under paragraph (a) unless—
(1) the pilot—
(i) has acquired at least 500 hours of flight time experience
as pilot, including at least 100 hours of flight time in air
operations; or
(ii) has acquired at least 500 hours of flight time experience
as a pilot on a multi-engine aeroplane type; and
(2) the pilot—
(i) holds a current instrument rating; and
(ii) has acquired at least 40 hours of instrument time of
which at least 10 hours were completed under the
supervision of an appropriately qualified flight
instructor; and
(3) the pilot has acquired at least 25 hours of night flight time
experience for air operations at night.
121.3 Definitions
In this Part—
Air operation means an air transport operation or a commercial transport
operation using an aeroplane having a seating configuration of more
than 30 seats, excluding any required crew member seat, or a payload
capacity of more than 3410 kg:
This seating configuration and payload requirement is the issue I think.
This would exclude a lot of caravan drivers, and most instructors at flight schools.
I initailly thought they were talking about link by that salary range.
Average annual base salary:1 $84,900
Salary range: $47,600 to $100,000
Im sure the jet drivers average a lot more than that.
There is definitely a mistake in that submission. or am i on the wrong path?