Originally Posted by
ftorrent
ok. thanks! Is anybody seeing a possibility of the FAA relaxing the regulations in the near future?
1. You really don't want that. So what if you have to build a little time like most other airline pilots in history had to do? The upside to the 1500 hour rule is that it will pay dividends for the remaining 40 years of your career.
2. As much as low-time CPLs and regional airline CEO's whine, there's no chance the 1500 rule will be rescinded any time soon. Congress forced the FAA to do it via legislation so only Congress can undo it...by legislation. The colgan families will never forget or forgive so I think it will decades before it can changed, unless massive, sustained disruption of air service occurs. But the airlines can always just replace three RJs with a narrow-body, cutting the crew requirement by 1/3 to carry about the same number of pax.