Originally Posted by
slough
The increased training for 250 hours first officers sounds like a good idea, i think the costs associated with the extra sim sessions are why it doesn't happen. I dont think the airlines are hiring a lot or have hired a lot of 250 hour pilots recently. They are probably a much greater exception than the norm.
It seems like everyone bases their arguments on their own unique set of facts which may or may not represent the current situation. The main catalyst for the debate involved a pilot error crash involing two pilots with over 2000+hrs, at least one of which had an atp. They seem like they are getting incorrectly labeled as low time pilots without atps.
That depends on what you (the public) are trying to argue. Some talk about the hours and experience (or lack thereof) they were HIRED with and then conintued under the watchful eye of other pilots without ever really building adequate basic skills; while others focus on the numbers of hours and experience they had at the time of the mishap.
USMCFLYR