Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
No insurance company or lessor worldwide is going to insure a 787 to be operated by a PIC with the bare minimum 121.436 quals.
I have 5-10x more hours and experience in 121 turbine aircraft operations here, in China, in PACOM and in North Africa, than a person who just got out of AllATPs with a wet ATP and a bunch of time putting around central Texas/South Florida.
That's great experience, but the average CRJ/ERJ/Ejet Captain has a majority of their experience in Canada, lower 48, and Mexico. I'm quite certain that this will be the dominant population in new-hire classes should these carriers arrive on our shores. So after 6 months, even a year with 800 or so hours, is that person safe to upgrade?