Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
Alternate take:
1500 hour rule makes us less safe.
Why?
Because now the regionals are so desperate to put someone in the right seat, they will hire nearly anyone who meets the hour time requirement ignoring other potential factors. Quality of FO's decrease as a result.
To add to that, I don’t think even reducing the 1500 hour rule nor the 1000 hour rule to upgrade is a good idea. A 1000 turbine hour CA and a 1500 hour ATP mins FO can make for a really unsafe situation. Many accidents in the past have turned out from low time crews being paired together.
Unfortunately, we may not be able to avoid this with today’s hiring environment and movement in the airlines