Widow's Son

>>Airlines are looking to hire people that have captain experience.<<

Actually that hasn't always been true. Back in the day when Delta first started hiring civilians, they shunned Captains and would only interview First Officers.
I had a DAL Chief pilot tell me directly "we desire to train our own Captains, we don't want to have to detrain somebody else's"."

Don't Ever Lose That Attitude.

Iflyfr8

They have made a revision to that:

1000 hours in airplanes at or above 20,000 pounds (maximum takeoff weight) or 1000 hours in large turbojet airplanes (12,500 lbs or above)

TheProfessionalPilot

I have not gotten this far yet, my curiosity has driven me to finally ask someone and I figure a forum is where to ask it to aviod the "dumb question" factor. Anyhow, let's say you are flying right seat in a RJ and you are flying that leg of the flight..... you are still logging SIC? Or are you logging PIC because you are the guy flying? Or am I thinking of this wrong? Or is this the right way of thinking about it, and that's why the CAP always logs the PIC: "The captain has the ultimate decision --- period." Thanks guys, I am a LONNNNGGGG way to 23, well 3 years anyhow, so I obviously dont have any experience with that stuff.
Best Regards,
Jason Leonard

SkyHigh

PIC time is the Pilot who is in Command of the aircraft. The SIC may have his or her hands on the controls but can only log the time as SIC. Let's not forget that the SIC would also need a type rating in the CRJ to qualify as PIC. The airlines are very sensitive to what is PIC or not. Some places have what they call "co-captains" where both pilots are typed and switch seats every leg. The airlines consider the pilot who signed for the plane as the PIC even though the other pilot may have all the credentials to be the Captain.


SkyHigh

FLYBOYMATTHEW

I am in the same position as you Jay. I too fly the mighty Beech. The same guys (guys with years of industry experience) who got me this job and told me it was the best thing I ever did are now telling me to get my stuff into ExpressJet, Chautauqua, etc. ASAP. I figure if I am going to be at a regional for 3-5 years or more, I may as well get into a company with jets now and get a little bit of seniority (and money too). However, the guaranteed fast upgrade is mighty tempting. The thing I have heard though is that the big guys have in certain cases frowned on the fact that we have never flown more than 248 KIAS. Things happen a lot faster in jets. We will also never get glass or FMS experience in the Beech. Remember, it doesn't really matter what the other airlines are looking for now, it's what they will be looking for when you meet their minimums that matters. Requirements may change in the next few years, especially with all kinds of experienced jet pilots on the street. Keep me posted.