Originally Posted by
furbpilot
1500 hours on basic airplanes with no or little automation,ideally flown as an instructor constantly practicing stalls and basic maneuvers are a background that no AFDS protection can substitute. Stop P2F and enforce such rule worldwide or more and more people will die. If I had to start an airline I would only hire pilots with FI rating and experiencdr. The US are as usual leading..just follow and take geniuses with no real skills and no qualities other than daddy's money out of airliner cockpits .
Totally agree with you there, but believe it or not, airlines in this part of the world don't even consider your single engine piston time as relevant when it comes to applying for jobs. Anything below 5700 kg (jet) or 19 seat turbo-prop won't be considered as part of your total time. That's why you see log books of FO's here with TT the same as their time on type, because all the flying they do at flight school gets logged in a separate logbook, and doesn't count for time on Part 25 (Air Transport Category) aircraft.