Originally Posted by Mason32

Just want to see if I understand this correctly.... people are upset because they are changing the rule that will mandate that pilots flying my children, parents and other relatives around have some a minimum level of experience first before getting into a jet aircraft..... and this is a bad thing how? It would seem to ANYBODY that requiring more experience is a good thing. The only people who would not support this, are those who do not have it.... the passengers have always expected this, and the Colgan incident just highlighted that it wasn't required at all... so it's being fixed.
Actually, I consider it extremely arrogant that these low timers expect - read that as feel entitled - to enter the profession at the top of the food chain rather than learn their way through with hard work.