How many hours must a new SIC fly in 120 days to consolidate?

• A. 100
• B. 50
• C. 200
• D. 25

Answer: (A)

Consolidation is about turning fresh training into reliable, repeatable performance by logging enough flight time within a specific window. For a new SIC, the policy requires one hundred hours of flight time in a 120-day period to solidify skills, procedures, and crew coordination before moving into broader line operations. This amount provides enough repetition across typical flight scenarios to prevent skill decay, without requiring more time than is necessary.

Fifty hours would not give you enough practice to lock in the cadence of cockpit duties, while twenty-five hours is even less. If you were to log two hundred hours, you would meet and exceed the minimum, but that level isn’t required for consolidation and isn’t the standard target.