Originally Posted by
Broncofan
I think he did a fantastic job handling the situation. However I don't know if agree with some of the things he said after the crash. He really threw regional pilots under the bus. I work for a major now and I have to say the most proficient crews I flew with were when I was at the regionals. I mean you have to while your doing 5-6 legs a day. He was military and really never got that experience therefore I feel has no place to talk for us. I don't agree with the 1500 hour rule, I know many other and myself that got hired with less and got through training with flying colors.
And not being an airline pilot, I won't try to defend what he said about regional pilots that rubbed you the wrong way, but as a professional pilot, I thought what he brought to the attention more than any other pundit out there at the time. He highlighted many of the common gripes on this very forum for instance and to a much larger audience with the fame wrought on him.
As for the 1500 hr rule - - - we'll just agree to disagree on that.
I'm a huge fan of the 1500 hr rule and I'm not even a fan of the RATP for military and schools, but that is a subject of a 100 other threads that doesn't need to be rehashed here.