Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Used to be everybody knew they were going to have to do that.
This used to be step 2, after you worked as a CFI.
Step 3 was a regional, usually with 3000+ hours and turbine time.
The 1500 hour rule really just puts the system back to where it used to be, and prevents high-demand bubbles from causing airlines to lower their standards below what is reasonable for airline pilots.
If the system goes back to the way it was, I sure hope pay goes back to the way it was. Cause flight instructing used to pay a lot better than it did now .. well, it was about the same, but adjusted for inflation, it was a lot more money.