Originally Posted by NWA320pilot

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?