Originally Posted by
sqwkvfr
I really don't understand why so many of you are getting in a twist about this......The political reality is that the RAA is lobbying hard for a repeal of the 1500 hour rule and a new quick path to the right seat; two things that will quickly stop the current push to increase pay and work rules.
If articles like this help to eliminate the political will to reduce training and aeronautical experience requirements and, by extension, making current 121 pilots more valuable, what do we care?
Exactly!! Except that CBREEZY cares because his job appears to be to push this PR campaign for the RAA in these forums and convince us all of the opposite. (Of course he denies it).
Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Because airline pilots are still one of the most truisted professions in the US. When you have one using hyperbole and half truths to try and scare the public into giving us more money, we all come across as money hungry unions and not professionals deserving better wages for the responsibilty. If anything, telling people that even with the 1500 hour rule, there is enough inexperience in the cockpit that it could kill you will result in higher entrance barriers than already exist.
See? utter nonsense!