Originally Posted by
Duksrule
Understood but you have to have the hours. I would bet my next paycheck that there are guys out there with less hours that can pass the checkride to get the ATP. It is all about building up those hours to get to the checkride and whether said hours some how make you a better pilot or not.
Guys that are bashing the rule have no idea what they are talking about..... Hours in an aircraft directly equate into a more experienced pilot! A 250 hour pilot just barely has the ink wet on his license and has no business flying families around that depend upon them for their well being. Granted having a training program that would weed out weak pilots and give practical instruction in high performance jet aircraft, human factors training, CRM, real weather/icing, would be great but reality is what it is.
If the FAA required this type of training how to you suppose the average guy would obtain/afford the training?