Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The law was written with an allowance for the exemption... otherwise the faa couldn't just make up an " exception" to a federal law. The law allowed the FAA to fill in the details which they did.
I understand that. I simply fail to see how person A, with a 4 year degree, 1200 TT 100 turbine 200 ME, CFI/CFII/MEI is less qualified than a K-st. Aviation grad with 1000 TT CFI/CFII/MEI for an ATP rating (even if it is "restricted").
The FAA is claiming there is a big difference between the two, to the tune of 500 flight hours. At $100/flt hr (just to put a value on it), that's $50,000.