> A commercial pilot needs at least 250 hours and a medical certificate that needs to be renewed periodically. That's true, but for anything other than the mos

> A commercial pilot needs at least 250 hours and a medical certificate that needs to be renewed periodically. That's true, but for anything other than the most podunk regional airline, you're going to need 1,500 PIC (pilot-in-command) hours before the airline will even consider you (although I believe I heard due to pilot shortages some airlines were willing to consider 1,000 hours).