Originally Posted by
FighterHayabusa
You're right. But I feel you were far more qualified then the Mesa "pay to play" 190 hour person.
I was only using the West Jet story as an example. I'm not advocating 10's of thousands of hours as a minimum for a regional (which West Jet is not).
I will let the real pilots argue about how many hours should be the minimum.
But as a private pilot with about 190 hours, I am certainly not qualified to be your First Officer.
My understanding of the Mesa guys is that they pay (albeit a high dollar amount) for their ratings just like someone at an FBO would. How is that pay to play?