Originally Posted by lolwut

The idea of a petition like this is moronic. For decades, pilots have been getting well over the required flight time by the NPRM to get into a 121 cockpit. It can be done by those willing to work hard.

A 121 FO seat should be filled by someone who is already an experienced pilot. A 250 hour commercial certificate holder is not an experienced pilot no matter how much they think they are. This isn't an entry level position and the law is finally changing to reflect that. Plus it serves as a way to weed out the pilots with an actual drive, talent, and ability from those who just had enough money to buy their way through the minimum required training. I couldn't be more happy and relieved. This is one of the best things to happen to professional pilots and the travelling public in a long time.

Plus, for all of us career wise, this finally creates a barrier to entry to the profession that will hopefully put supply/demand on our side and drive up wages. Doctors and lawyers aren't all paid a lot because thats what they're all worth... many are paid that much because the AMA and Bar Associations have made it hard to become one. They control the supply. This is a supply control for pilots.


I say we all start a petition to counter the original poster's short-sighted, immature, selfish, and harmful petition.