Originally Posted by sandrich

Nothing at all! I was a CFI myself, and I agree with the intent of this rule. My point was that, in the few months to follow this ATP rule, there will be a few people who have been in the cockpit for a year and may fall short and be regulated out of a job. I completely agree with the statement that CFI builds a ton of experience. But, on Aug 2013, someone who's been flying 121 for possibly over a year with 1400 hours is all of a sudden not safe to be in that seat? This is just entirely my opinion, but if I were a passenger, I'd rather that person up there than someone who just came out of a 'hawk (not to knock on CFIs).