Originally Posted by rickair7777

Yes, we've kind of been having a circular argument about why an ATP is required to crew Air Transport operations.

The "1500 hour" rule actually added some exceptions to the old ATP rules (ie R-ATP).

So maybe the discussion should be how low can we go with R-ATP exceptions and under what circumstances? Unless anybody really thinks a 200 hour CPL from a 141 flight school really belongs in a passenger jet?