Everyone’s talking about reducing the requirements to fly 121….
Why not reduce the requirements for 135s? For both the pilots and the certificate holders.
I was fortunate to fly essential air service and cargo on my way to 1500 hours and I felt like I came into the airlines a leg up on the guys who watched someone else fly for 1500 hours. It also went by faster and I made better income.
The problem isn’t the 1500 hour rule, it’s the lack of opportunities of great experience making jobs to get to 1500 hours. Gmafb you don’t need 1200 hours to safely captain a caravan and a 135 cargo certificate shouldn’t cost $500k+.