Originally Posted by
Jay5150
Just for the sake of accuracy, both had more than 1500 at the time of the crash, but neither had 1500 when they were hired. CA was hired with like 600 total and had so many rating failures prior to being hired coupled with the failures he racked up while at Colgan, he had no business flying airplanes.
I get your larger point but fact is, neither would have been hired in the first place under today's rules......
Sorry for the drift.
This is exactly the reason for the 1500 hour rule.