Originally Posted by
Scoop
NAHHHH,
ALPA is too busy trying to keep Pilot minimums as low as possible to help DCI management. After all, if Congress, despite ALPAs resistance, were to raise minimums, Pilot compensation might have to rise and we wouldn't want that, would we?
I guess ALPA was absent the day they taught supply and demand in school.
ALPA has done a ridiculous amount of work on this issue - a lot of it being done by people who are specialists in the field of pilot performance and qualification. All they're trying to do is substitute on the job experience for hours, so little Joey doesn't come up 100 hours short next August and lose his job.
ALPA was a strong proponent of 500 hours for a restricted ATP after the successful completion of a bachelors degree from an accredited aviation institution. The data was there to support their interests, but it was shot down by the FAA - most likely because the FO in the Colgan crash was a graduate of Central Washington University's flight program (would not be considered an accredited institution).
1500 hours will still stand for barn stormers.