Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
Can’t disagree with everything you say.
However….
When the ‘1500’ rule was nothing but a proposal requesting comments from the public I wrote a 4-page argument as to why they shouldn’t adopt it.
Lack of airmanship and lack of common sense caused that crash. Not being handed the keys at 250 hrs.
I still believe that given the right type of structured training aka airline academy style it shouldn’t be a problem.
A sloppy seconds Part 61 CPL/CFI? Yeah no chance.
I’ve got a cosmic amount of dual given and I’ll be the first to tell you that a CFI plateaus just as much as anyone else.
You just get better at anticipating problems.
Now I do think you plateau in your second year as CFI so that will put you around the 1000-1200 hr mark.
Then again it’s all how you fill in those hours:
How much instrument instruction, how much multi, how much IMC, how much night, how much in busy airspace?
It’s like the age of majority, age of consent, age to buy a firearm, age to drive a car.
Society is trying to use a readily measurable quantity to look for maturity and good common sense, something many people will never have however old they are. 1500 hours won’t be enough for some and will be far more than needed for others.