Originally Posted by
atpcliff
none of this quibiling matters. Congress passed a law requiring all -121 pilots to have an ATP as of 1 Aug 2013.
What matters is how the airlines, and especially the regionals will respond to this challenge to find enough pilots to fill the seats required.
I hope that it will drive the Regionals costs up high enough, so a majority of the flying is passed on to the majors, and most of the regional flying goes away.
cliff
SYD
The challenge for the regionals will be to find qualified and experienced pilots who want to work for 20$/hour .. I bet they have trouble finding those guys ... this law is win/win.