The airline applies factors to pilot flying hours to determine minimum requirements for Commanders. A pilot's hours flown in each category are multiplied by the applicable factor from the below table. The sum of all groups after factorization will be used to determine whether the pilot meets the minimum required experience.
Aircraft Group | PIC | Other |
Airline Short-haul Jet | 1 | 0.8 |
Airline Long-haul Jet | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Airline Turbine (multi-crew) | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Military Fast Jet | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Non-airline multi-engine | 0.7 | 0.5 |
Multi-pilot helicopter | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Single engine/rotary single pilot | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Airline cruise pilot (above FL200) | 0.2 | 0.2 |