Originally Posted by
freightguy
I agree 100%. And can you believe it...our own union...ALPA....is in favour of reducing the minimum required hours to 500! They are on bed with regional airline industry management. Regional airline managements want lower minimums to keep the costs low and to ensure a never ending supply of wide-eyed newbies. If you don't believe me, check this out:
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The Regional Airline Association holds the view that a "proper mix of the experience and academic/training approaches" would best ensure safety. And two pilot groups represented on the committee have split on the issue. The Air Line Pilots Association backed the committee's recommendations, while the Coalition of Air Line Pilot Associations supported experience over even enhanced training.
I have posted this on here before but please, if you want your voice heard email ALPA on this issue and let them know how you feel.
[email protected]
Also, here is a press release from ALPA:
http://www.alpa.org/portals/alpa/fas...0409-ANPRM.pdf
I'm not sure what ALPAs current stance is but at the time they were in favor of dropping the minimums to 750 hours, I sure hope they haven't lowered it further to 500 hours. Sometimes it feels like ALPA is fighting for the wrong team.