Originally Posted by
block30
***rumor warning***
A slight tangent, but as far as RAH parking 175s mentioned earlier due to lack of pilots; A little birdy tells me that the regionals are starting to gain leverage through their onslaught of lobbying the FAA. Sorta like Great Lakes did to get lower hour pilots. Now I'm not saying the regionals are all gonna pull out seats and go part 135, but it seems the FAA is softening to the idea of hour reductions in exchange for more sims, more IOE, more check rides and LOFTs...Basically a regional sets up its own low time pilot seasoning syllabus.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Probably just a matter of time before there is a compromise reached on the 1500/1250/1000/750 rule, especially if the hiring pinch the regionals are feeling now becomes more acute as time goes on.