"The goal is to reduce the time it takes to be trained as a first officer to as little as 12 to 18 months. And that's for someone with no previous experience flying a plane"
ATP can already take a PPL to CFI in 90 days. Three months for the PPL and three months as a CFI and you could go from zero to 500 hour CFI in a year.
I disagree with the idea that 200 hours total, more than half of that in a sim, qualifies you to be an airline pilot. But I'm sure that's how it's gonna be in some places.
Anyhow, like I always say, glad it's never gonna be my problem...