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Originally Posted by SmitteyB

I had foriegn students at Skymates. They were some of the worst students I've ever seen. But, because the DPE's knew they weren't gonig to fly passengers around in the United States, they would happily take their $300-500 and give them a ticket, with really no standards whatsoever. They were going to fly A340's at 251TT/15 Multi.

So to answer your question- YES, I did tell them they weren't ready to fly an airliner. And they had the same attitude you do. The good old- "I don't need to CFI, I'm better than that. It's too hard, I need to be an airline pilot right away, I'm sooo good!" "Look at me!! 275TT- LET ME IN!!!!"

I would love you know what types of real flying you've done...? Caught yourself in between two supercells at 10,000 feet, with no WX radar in a 172, at midnight with no approach plates for your alternate? Icing in a 152? Landing a duchess at Key West on 9 with wind 180 @ 29 G 36? Those are just a few that I've lived through and learned. Not to mention some of the things I've learned from my students. Those situations aren't even impressive compared to the freight dawgs on here.

The likes of PSA, TSA, and Piedmont have their minimums down so low because they are some of the least desireable places to go right now therefore not a lot of people are applying there.

Honestly sir, with 275 and 15 multi- do you really think you can handle a jet? Can you even handle an engine failure on a Seminole?

Don't stop participating in jetCareers just because you've posted in a hot topic and didn't get the support you expected. You'll learn as all of us do that everyone here is willing to help. However, since we're all pilot, we all think we're the best and we don't like it when people disagree with us. We have many pilots who are the older generation, and they're mind boggled that we get hired sub 1000 hours. So when someone with a wet commercial comes on here and says they dont want to get a CFI because it's too hard and they're ready to go fly a regional jet- you can see where we're coming from. Get the CFI- it's hard but you will be a better, sharper pilot. Good luck in everything you do, sir.

From the way my buddies make things sound, you should add Colgan to that list. About the only reason they stay is the upgrade time.