Vortex,
Thank you very much.
Like the ones you already pointed out, I am also closing in on ten years working towards meeting FD's requirement to get a shot at an interview. I am also aware that the 1,000 hours on plus 10 tons is an absolute in the application. What I would like to know is, if one, say puts 1,000 in the application but is sitting at 800, regularly flying and can expect to have reached the 1,000 in say four months, will that be frowned upon, or worse, disqualify the applicant?
I am aware from previous companies I worked for that they considered applications from pilots short a couple hundred hours and if successful at the interview just asked them to fly the remaining hours and get back in touch with them as soon as they had them done.
What do you think?