Originally Posted by
Grumpyaviator
We hired pilots with 1500 hours that we turned down at 500, but now with an extra 1000 hours of reinforcing bad habits. The training footprint and performance records support that.
I believe in higher mins, the challenge is to attract quality, motivated pilots in the industry, and that will mean some kind of affordable pathway.
Nobody said it was perfect, and it costs money to do better. The regionals squeaked through the last growth spurt without any fatalities (well OK one in AK, but they have different rules in practice if not in theory). So everything is hunky-dory, no action required. No blood, no sense of urgency.