Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
So you'd rather have more regional jobs and fewer mainline jobs? And you'd rather have people with less experience flying your mom/wife/children around in an 85,000 pound E-Jet?
You're totally clueless!
In Europe they have what they call a FROZEN ATPL. It's basically a 250 hr pilot that has a Comm Inst Me and passed 14 written exams that takes about 6 months of full time study. Has been working for years. Oh, they are on the right seat of A320, B737.