Originally Posted by
cws1028
Thanks. I'm a current CFI, but will miss the age requirement for the ATP by slightly under 3 months, so as far as I can tell, I'll have the 1,500 hours anyways by then, but have a lot of friends banking on these exceptions.
This is why pilots are their own worst enemies. Banking on anything in aviation is risky. However, banking on anything to lower the standards of a certain quality that effects the industry as a whole is a real bad idea. Tell your friends to maybe re-access their wishes. It's better in the long-run.