Now hold on... you are comparing apples and oranges... Commercial airline pilots are not in my mind nor in the mind of most...General Aviation .....MOST general aviation accidents are very low time....OR ... VFR rated pilot continued flight into marginal or known IFR conditions....result = loss of control of the aircraft. Commercial Airline accidents is a totally different animal. So lets NOT call the Air France or any other airline accident General Aviation.

Oh... and for the poster above who lumped military trained pilots with those from a "structured school"... try again pal...not even in the same league. And before the flamers jump on me.... I am in no way saying that military pilots are better than GA trained pilots. What I will say is they are held to different standards and even then you have guys who make it through who probably shouldn't.

FWIW... I support the 1500 rule... with or without exemptions for type of training involved.