Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
And yet the whole issue was where the CA gained his experience (and his training record) - not how much he had at the time of the mishap. The fact that you once again bring up that argument shows that you don't understand the issue.
Everything is a 'random barrier' yes - it was political. To bad it took a mishap to finally get the political machine motivated enough to do something about the issue.
Correct and now the FAA has an improved database that tracks training records, another positive from this tragedy. This was a PROVEN issue that potentially contributed to the crash. I completely understand this part. However, there was no “issue” in this specific event that would make sense to implement a rule requiring an FO to hold an ATP. So I’ll continue to stick with a random politically motivated legislation.