The 1500 hour requirement is causing this problem, not solving it.Blackdog0301 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:31 pm I have a similar experience as FOD vacuum. I work for a company that prefers to hire 1500 hourish pilots for a 1900 FO position. And let me tell you, some of these FOs that have this amount of time (usually all instructing) STILL need to be babied with every aspect of their flying.
Who in his right mind with 1500 hours and -presumably- an ATPL would accept an FO job on a 1900? You can be a direct entry captain on a similar plane at a variety of operators with this time in this economy!
So who is applying? The people that can't find such jobs, are terribly insecure about their abilities or for whatever reason want to work at your company/base for personal reasons. The first 2 groups will behave in the manner you described.
Now, if you lower the hiring minima to 200 hours, yes, you will have FOs that are fresh out of school and can't fly properly, but you will have a bunch of people still sharp on the regulations and theoretical aspects about flying, who will be a big help with CRFI and alternate requirements etc. Limiting yourself to 1500+ hours for a 1900 FO position practically guarantees they will leave almonst right away or won't cut it. It is highly unlikely you will find any good long term pilots in that pool at the moment. Unless you pay 75k+ for said position, but I highly doubt that...