This is one that concerns me greatly. Wouldn't such a European model make the FAA certificates in our pockets worthless. All new pilots will be hand picked by the airline, and many of us will be out of the game.

I am not referring to those of us who allready fly for the airlines, but rather to those of us who have our ratings, but haven't made the move yet.

There are so damn many CFI type people out there who have a reluctance to move ahead with the regionals. I'm thinking that if the regionals move towards this ab initio type training, then people like me who are just waiting for our finances to be in order before applying, will be left out.

All new pilots hired will have to come from a specific program, or so it may seem.