The 1500 Plan
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With The 1500 Plan, you will learn tips and strategies to build flight time quickly and legally. Quit paying the going rate for your instructor and FBO rental. Using current laws and rulings, we will show how to reduce operating costs while logging more flight time...and all of this is legal! Stop wasting your time and start building your time with help from The 1500 Plan.
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The 1500 Plan - The 1500 Plan Man
THE 1500 PLAN
Helping you get the flight time you need
for the airline job you want
as efficiently as possible
Published by The 1500 Plan Man
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2015 Robert McLaughlin
Table Of Contents
The Background
Logging Flight Time
Time Building Strategies
The 1500 Plan
Epilogue
References
The Background
Commercial aviation in the United States started 2009 with two major accidents. With the two events, both aircraft were a total loss. The first aircraft, a medium range turbofan operated by a legacy carrier; the other, a twin engine turbo prop operated by a regional carrier which codeshare with a legacy carrier. Just 28 days and 260 miles apart, one accident resulted all aboard surviving, the other did not.
The two accidents being referenced are US Airways #1549 and Colgan #3407. We read this as aviation professionals well familiar with both accidents, but let us step away and think about these two events from the standpoint of the general public. Again, commercial airline flights do not crash that often, so with two within a four week span located in the same state but with different outcomes…what is the difference? The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) takes on average a year after an accident to fully investigate the causes that lead up to an accident and issue their final report, but the public needs their coverage and answers and speculations now.¹ With 1549, Captain Sully single handedly saved the day. With 3407, two inexperienced pilots crashed a commercial airplane, and something needed to change. We as aviators KNOW there are more to these stories, but in the age of news on a scrolling ticker before jumping to entertainment or sports, this is all the public has to go with.
We are not here to discuss and debate both of these accidents. There are several factors and actions that lead to these outcomes, but one cannot discount the proximity of these two events and the legal outcomes, such as the Airline Safety Act of 2010.
In the Airline Safety Act of 2010, we find our two new major rule changes that have changed the landscape on how one becomes an airline pilot. Now, unless we have (and we certainly hope you have) taken the ATP written prior to August 1, 2014, an ATP certificate candidate is required to past the ATP Certification Training Program. While some may look at the extra training as good for a potential airline pilot, we as pilots look at the cost, which early estimates are pegging at around $15,000 due to the Level C simulator time alone.² Second, the minimum flight time has skyrocketed to get to operate a commercial airline flight.
Where it use to be 250 hours and a brand new certificate was suitable for the right seat, now we are either 1500 hours time with the chance of lower on hours a restricted ATP (R-ATP), depending on your educational background. In essence, a four year degree from an FAA approved institution of higher education
knocks your time down to 1000, a two year degree to 1250, and no degree keeps you stuck at earning the full 1500. The list of approved institutions
for either the two or four year degree is constantly in flux, so watch the master list created by the FAA provides for any updates. Traditionally, these degrees must have a direct connection with aviation. If you, in theory, did a four year degree from an aviation school, flew at that aviation school under a Part 141 or Part 142 program, yet earned your degree in something other than aviation, you are swindled into the 1500 hour. A course of action you may wish to consider is to petition your alma mater to get your degree added to the approved list. Considering of all things that, if