Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
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.
There’s a huge difference in an FO that has the ATP vs the low time guys we used to have. Mostly confidence and ability to make a decision.