Originally Posted by
ClickClickBoom
That "rule" is as a result of legislation requiring it, change will be impossible without legislation to change it, good luck finding a politician who will fall on that sword. Decreasing safety to allow airlines more profits by hiring underqualified candidates.
Well not if the politicians can spin a revised law into a law that makes aviation safer because of higher training standards for pilots...
Double the minimum amount of sim time, 100 hours of IOE and some extra ground school could sound very convincing to 535 idiots (most without any aviation background) and their constituents...