Originally Posted by
gloopy
I thought it was a given that the new 121 FO mins would be considerably below a full 1500 hour ATP. So if what you say comes true, either the ATP mins themselves will be lowered or Eagle is simply chosing to enforce the 1500 hours and actual ATP as "company mins."
However at this point we may never know (via that pathway) as Eagle likely won't hire a whole lot if a lot of 37 and 50 seaters are parked and they don't get massive "scope relief" from the APA.
I thought so too given the fact that the congressional law had a mandate of a cutout. Most thought it would be at 800 hrs, but according to their VP they cannot hire people that will not meet that requirement in Aug 2013. I figured they would grandfather people in, and had my contact ask, and they said no.
I had not heard anything about this whole rule, so their VP's interpretation kind of surprised me. It is the only thing I have heard wrt to this.