Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Yes, there are lots of professional and natural sticks out there. I'm sure there are many people who would be competent as a private pilot after 20 hours. Others, it takes 60. The FAA has determined that, on the average, a pilot needs to meet certain experience requirements to hold certain ratings. That includes the airline transport pilot one. For every all-star guy, there are a dozen folks to average him out. The rules are to protect ourselves from average.
Yeah I agree with you. I'm all for the 1500 hour rule (didn't mean to imply anything else). Just thought I give my input. Best solution to a tuff problem, I'm not smart enough to come up with something better.