Originally Posted by
Grumble
How are the airlines obligated to provide something you need to have to get hired?
They aren't obligated per say to provide what is required to get hired. This ATP-CTP training requirement is really more of a reflection of what has been lacking in regional training. Who said that an ATP in a Piper Seminole is really enough to qualify a pilot for right seat RJ time.
The regionals should be obligated to provide adequate training for people to transition from GA to airline flying. This transition, I believe, should require much more that the regionals have been providing.
The regulation may be better implemented by requiring the regionals to provide this training to new pilots rather than requiring pilots to have it before they are hired.