Originally Posted by Joachim

Listen, i'm not saying that the university wonderkid with 350 hours is better than you. I'm saying that we need to combine a requirement for experience as well as education rather than rely solely on experience. The current FAA requirements to operate an airliner are laughable. I'm suggesting increases in both experience and education.

By the way, the Jetstream is located along the polar front between the tropical airmass and the neighboring westerlies. Its the Flower looking blob in the middle waving in and out around the two continental lows of 520 and 524 MB. Its called a zonal system because of its erratic north and south movement. If you cross that front, beware of CAT and turn the sign on to avoid potential turbulence related accidents.