Originally Posted by
JetDoc
I do have a second job. I don't even know what that comment was supposed to mean. No viable PT 135 jobs where I live. You actually think I didn't think of that? And you never answered my question. What were the FAA minimums to be a SIC at an airline when you were hired? Well I'll answer it for you. It was 250 hrs and a wet commercial and the system worked just fine. Quite frankly I really don't think anybody cares what you think the minimums should be. The two dunder heads who messed it up for everyone had over 2500 hrs a piece. How would have the 1500 rule helped that. In fact, this whole ATP BS has done absolutely nothing to improve safety and has raised the price of admission to your little club so astronomically high that people who ordinarily would have been great pilots will now choose to go do something else.
Empathy, crack a dictionary and look it up....
Why would I need to look up empathy? I had almost twice ATP mins when I got hired. How in the heck do I not understand where you're at? I put myself through school and flight training on my own dime. I took several years of my life away from flying to serve in the military to earn those dollars. What are you talking about?
As far as second jobs goes, I was simply relating the plethora of self pitying complaints the CFIs had...for example, they didn't make enough money. Our flight school load alone may not support the income needs of a person-which we never made any bones about. So get another job! You say there are no 135 jobs nearby? Move. If not, that's no body else's problem. I didn't have the $$$ to pay for schools and flying out of high school. No body's problem but mine.
Good gravy, figure out your own path, just like everyone else has to.