Originally Posted by
hotbreeze
Now, we have airlines that hire pilots that wash out of other airline's training programs. The conditions are ripe for something like this to occur again. We would be better off with lowering the FO ATP requirements, so the best young pilots become FO's, and tightening up on the CA standards.
I like the increased training requirements for first officers, but I did not like the increased TT. 600 hours in a C172 compared to 1,500? Personally, I want the industry to find ways to get pilots quality flight time without paying $300,000 for it.