Originally Posted by
727flteng
The number of passengers is completely irrelevant, and these rules should apply to EAS carriers as well as 121. "We can put inexperienced pilots on 135 routes, cause they would only kill 15 passengers, not 50"!! (Not saying this would happen, but stated for argument sake...) The basis for these rules is to ensure safety to ALL passengers, not just those fortunate enough to get a flight on a 19 or 25+ seat jet. Raising the 135 cap would be just another way of getting around the current rules, and not actually solving the underlying problem.
Point taken.
121 SICs should have all the experience and capabilities Sully talks about. My question is how will they (in significant numbers) get it ?
Banner and pipeline, and other part 91 is out there but maybe at 30 % of what it needs to be? It think think this is a component of the "underlying issue" .
You can't have people with 50-100k in debt fighting tooth and nail for a couple low paying positions. It leads to pay to play and other cheapening of the profession.
How many 40-55 year old atps are gonna restart their career in flying?