Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
First off, wages will not go down, and with inflation, they have to increase just to keep the same buying power. Why would the unions let wages decrease? Your statement makes zero sense.
That accident had nothing to do with the total time of the pilots involved. This has been explained, please try and keep up.
Renslow was hired at Colgan with 618 total time. Ergo, the ATP rule would have precluded his being hired at Colgan. Had he been subjected to the ATP rule, he would have needed close to 900 more hours. He would have had many more opportunities to learn and command a smaller aircraft before commanding a transport category aircraft. Even if he resisted learning anything from CFI'ing those 900 hours, it would have provided more opportunity to stall in real life.
There's a lot you can learn in 1500 hours. And again, even if you don't learn, it provides a lot of chances for idiots to be selected out of this career. Or to self select themselves out of existence before they take 50 terrified passengers with them.
But I don't expect you to agree to any of this, because it's bad for your bottom line