Pilot training

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In the U.S., it's 1500 hours to get hired at an airline, though there are exceptions to make that number lower (about 1,100 hours iirc) if you go through a university program to earn your ATP cert. However, you'd most likely be hired as a first officer at a regional airline first, move to captain at that airline, get hired as a first officer to a mainline airline, and then become captain at that carrier.