Originally Posted by
proprunnner
I'm genuinely curious, do you think the majors will really see a shortage, more so in 6 to 7 years? the last time the majors saw a real shortage was in the 60's and that's because they wasn't real pilots around besides the military.
The reason I think congress will repeal it is because aviation travel is pretty much the new railroad industry. Cities grow and shrink due to the aviation business these days; and these small towns wants their piece of the pie.
I think you are confused on this issue. Congress mandated that airline pilots have ATP certificates, but it was the FAA and not Congress who chose 1500 hour rule and all that is associated with it.
Congress doesn't have to do anything for the FAA to modify the 1500 hour rule. The FAA could make a rule that ATPs can be issued at 500 hours if they want.
https://www.faa.gov/news/press_relea...m?newsId=14838