Originally Posted by
serthwrmtym
Except that the 1500 hour rule has nothing to do with safety.
I remember when I drank UND's kool aid about how "prime airline pilots are at 500-700 hours". and that everything beyond it is all detrimental to society. Yup says the professors that have never worked in the airline industry and now preach their knowledge because they did "studies".
In the end it's like being a 19 year old just wanting to go buy a beer and cursing those that made the law 21, and then when you finally get to 21 and you see the point and how reckless you would have been if you had been legally able to drink back then . More or less It's weeding out the kids that would rather blow their load and go to Great Lakes, wash out there because they're not the super pilot they think they are than spend 15 monthes teaching and actually learning. I learned more and had more fun teaching my Chinese kids than I have in a crj.