Originally Posted by
SharkAir
I think if I were JO, I would be doing the exact same thing. And I think it's true that it'll be hard to come by a shortage of low/no-time wonder pilots wanting to fly for free, or even pay to fly. He's a businessman, not a pilot advocate.
Besides, if the FAA will go along with a 2000 hr. captain and a 250 hr. FO, it must be safe.
It will take a crash- people's live prematurely ended- and pilot error (inexperience obvious) for the FAA to change their tone. Regs come from blood as sad as that sounds.