If I had a do over I’d love me some tiltin’.Why does tilting have such a bad rep? Seems like it'd be cool to fly, watching from the cheap seats.
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If I had a do over I’d love me some tiltin’.Why does tilting have such a bad rep? Seems like it'd be cool to fly, watching from the cheap seats.
I think FL Air Guard got them as well.V-22 is goodness. As previously stated, its high demand everywhere. The platform is just now finally hitting its stride operationally.
AF is increasing its CV-22 buy to include AFRES. Think of the sweet deal you could get doing a mid career inter service xfer to AFRES while you are flying airlines.
Life is good. You will love it.
Even better being V-22 qualed. DAF GS during the week flying FCF and Stan Eval, then on weekends flying as a ANG squadron pilot.I think FL Air Guard got them as well.
Why does tilting have such a bad rep? Seems like it'd be cool to fly, watching from the cheap seats.
I think very few single tour guys are hitting 1500 hrs.Another thing people might not like about it is that they keep hearing from older tilt guys that the hours aren't capable of fulfilling ATP mins (? I think) to go to the airlines. Although my understanding is that this might be changing.
Isn't that reduced down to 750 for military fliers for a restricted ATP?I think very few single tour guys are hitting 1500 hrs.
Not being part of THE SHOW, I honestly don’t know. There are many here who will. I do know that I have friends in the helo world who got out with about 1200 hours and had to work crap jobs like CFI and heli tours just to get slightly better crap jobs in power line patrol so they could eventually fly EMS or law.Isn't that reduced down to 750 for military fliers for a restricted ATP?
Isn't that reduced down to 750 for military fliers for a restricted ATP?
What @FLGUY and @PMPT said about 750 hours for military-trained pilots. The FAA ATP total flight time requirement is a tiered model, depending on where you got your pilot ratings (more or less that's mil, aviation college, or mom and pop learn to fly). If you have less than those 1500 hours but you got your training from one of the better tiers then you are eligible for a restricted ATP. Practically speaking that restriction means you can be a first officer on an airliner but not a captain, which is actually a moot point because the hour requirement for anybody to be a captain (regional or major) is much higher. The restriction is annotated on your pilot certificate and it gets removed after you get more hours and fill out the paperwork to get it taken off.I think very few single tour guys are hitting 1500 hrs.
Told ya someone would know!
I suspect there's a somewhat unfair stigma with it being associated with lower NSS pilots ... but the reality is that ~80% of slots each week are for tilt and rotors, so it's kind of a silly thing because you'll get people in tilt and rotors with a broad range of NSSs. I know of at least one guy in Hawaii who had it as his #1 and was #1 in his class. So I think that stigma is probably more than a little unfair.
Another thing people might not like about it is that they keep hearing from older tilt guys that the hours aren't capable of fulfilling ATP mins (? I think) to go to the airlines. Although my understanding is that this might be changing.
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All chopper dudes had jet grades. Don’t you know that?
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