1500 for ATP?

Question

Do you need 1500 hours for ATP or just to get hired?

Answer 1

By whom?

You keep asking the same question, essentially.

Answer 2

Yes you need 1500 hours to get your ATP on a airplane and/or 1200 on a helicopterAirlines require 1500 fixed wing time total some may require more hours......

Answer 3

As stated above, you do indeed need 1500 hrs to get your ATP.  Depending on the carrier, you can be hired with as few as 400 hours, some even slightly less.  You will not, however, be able to exercise "pilot in command" privileges of an airliner until you have your ATP though.  In other words, you will have a lot of time as first officer in the right seat until you have enough time to qualify and pass your ATP.

Answer 4

Here's the regulation for aeronautical experience for the ATP:

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§ 61.159   Aeronautical experience: Airplane category rating.

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section, a person who is applying for an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category and class rating must have at least 1,500 hours of total time as a pilot that includes at least:

(1) 500 hours of cross-country flight time.

(2) 100 hours of night flight time.

(3) 75 hours of instrument flight time, in actual or simulated instrument conditions, subject to the following:

(i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of this section, an applicant may not receive credit for more than a total of 25 hours of simulated instrument time in a flight simulator or flight training device.

(ii) A maximum of 50 hours of training in a flight simulator or flight training device may be credited toward the instrument flight time requirements of paragraph (a)(3) of this section if the training was accomplished in a course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.

(iii) Training in a flight simulator or flight training device must be accomplished in a flight simulator or flight training device, representing an airplane.

(4) 250 hours of flight time in an airplane as a pilot in command, or as second in command performing the duties of pilot in command while under the supervision of a pilot in command, or any combination thereof, which includes at least—

(i) 100 hours of cross-country flight time; and

(ii) 25 hours of night flight time.

(5) Not more than 100 hours of the total aeronautical experience requirements of paragraph (a) of this section may be obtained in a flight simulator or flight training device that represents an airplane, provided the aeronautical experience was obtained in an approved course conducted by a training center certificated under part 142 of this chapter.

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[Other conditions follow, but this is the gist of it.]

"To get hired" depends on what you are trying to get hired for.  First officer positions require a commercial certificate (250 hours minimum).  The airlines can require whatever time they want depending on the ratio of available positions to qualified applicants.