Originally Posted by
ftorrent
Just wondering what the word is around the community about the possibility of the FAA easing back in the ATP requirements.
Not going to happen, at least not while the Colgan families are still around. Nor should it.
The airlines may feel entitled to a vast pool of already-certificated potential employees willing to fly airliners for fast-food wages but the reality is that there is no real shortage until airlines start funding ab-initio flight training for new-hires...if they can't fill classes at that point, then it's a shortage
