Are Delta or United first officers not qualified to work for foreign airlines because they get zero PIC hours in the US?
American first officers get zero PIC hours until they become captains unlikely in other countries where first officer can still log PIC time when they are pilot flying.
I looked at some websites for pilot job agencies and they all require at least hundreds-thoursands of PIC hours on the A320 or 737. Does that mean that an experienced Delta or United first officer is not qualified to apply for those jobs? So is it better to work for Allegiant or JetBlue so that you can be a captain much faster and start logging PIC time? Or do they allow Delta pilots to convert their time in Asian or European ways so that they can have lots of PIC hours when they were controlling the plane?
AFAIK, first officers log PIC when they are flying the plane and the captain is working on tasks that don't include flying the plane like navigation, communication, etc. Together they make up the flight crew and duties like PIC are shared, so in a few years first officers could have hundreds of hours of PIC.
A) Most pilots wouldn't want to apply for those jobs and move overseas. There's nothing wrong with working for America, Delta, United or other major US carriers as a first officer, even of upgrade time is longer. And while some copilots might jump ship to upgrade to captain faster, those with more than a few years at a major US carrier aren't likely to sacrifice their seniority to gamble on a foreign job. Get a clue. Being an airline pilot is not ALL about being a captain or ALL about money.
b) It wouldn't be too hard to break out the P1S time recognized overseas from SIC time logged in the US, at least for someone who keeps good logbooks, so yes, many of them would be qualified, if not most. I could easily go back in my logs 20 or 30 years ago and tell you exactly which flights would have been loggable as P1S under European rules, so what you are blathering about is a non issue. Go back to your knitting and worry about graduating from high school, or college as the case may be.
You flyboys crack me up!
Any F/O with US airlines (121) is perfectly qualified to work for foreign airlines -
That is… As F/O -
PIC time is ONLY required to be hired as captain -
This applies to any US or foreign pilot, for heaven's sake!
Except for Anonymous and Blue Face idiots
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