Originally Posted by
BizPilot
Also, thanks to the 1,500 rule regionals are having a hard time getting pilots to work for $22/hr. The unintended consequences of the new law are coming home to roost. I recall that the two pilots on the BUF crash had > 2,000TT.
The CA of the BUF crash was hired with 600 hours. He would not have been CA of that flight if the new rules were in place.
They both slept in the crew room all day because they lacked the money to live in EWR and afford a hotel/crashpad to go to. If they were paid more, I don't think they would have made the decision to sleep in the crashpad as easily as they did.