Originally Posted by
DontLookDown
If anyone should be crying about hours requirements it should be the small mom and pops charter companies.
They need a 1200 hour pilot to fly their pax in IFR.
By the time someone has built 1200 hours, they might as well just keep doing what they’re doing to get 300 more.
Not to mention, we were just discussing if 1500 hours is safe for someone to be an airline pilot.
In the 135 world you might be flying old, piston airplanes with limited capabilities. No extra engine to rely on. You’re MUCH more likely to have a mechanical emergency. You don’t have a dispatcher or ground crew for support. You don’t have a cabin crew or copilot for support. In the regional world you’ll fly the same approaches all the time. In 135 you’re likely going somewhere new most days. As the pilot shortage continues I don’t think many small scale 135’s will stay in business.
135 and 91 are inherently allowed to have a lower safety standard than 121.
Some of that is caveat emptor, and some of it simply that 121 safety has outgrown GA safety due to decades of media coverage and public and political pressure.
Doesn't mean it *must* have a lower standard, that's up to YOU. Any halfway smart billionaire can afford the best large cabin equipment (or just buy a transport category jet) and pay for top-tier mx and crew... I'm sure the best of those are safer than airlines since they employ top professionals, never any trainees.