Originally Posted by
word302
That statement makes absolutely zero sense. You’re trying to say that higher failure rates are linked to higher hiring standards? We are in a shortage. Not due to any rule, but due to massive hiring and attrition at the major airlines.
It now takes at least a year, sometimes 2, to get from 250 to 1500 hours. Many pilots are flying VFR most of the time and hardly doing any IFR/approaches. Skills get rusty if they aren't used frequently.