Originally Posted by
Andy
The change to requiring 1500 hrs to fly 121 as a result of the Colgan accident would not have prevented the Colgan accident. The Ca had more than 3300 hrs and the FO had more than 2200 hrs. Prior to that change, one could be hired at a 121 carrier with just a commercial pilot's license
This is misleading to the way politics work.
The change was requiring the SIC to hold an ATP rating. They also added upset recovery and changed rest regs, and required 1,000 hours SIC 121 to act as PIC, and created a system to nationalize sat and unsat on FAA events.
They also watered down how to obtain an ATP by creating a R-ATP and reducing required flight time for 141 and military pilots.
It hit the news that she made $16,000 a YEAR, and that is because “she needed the flight time” and wasn’t rated and as experienced as a CA who has a civilized salary. So they fixed that **** real quick and it worked very well.
You have no idea if that crash would have happen if the SIC were required to have an ATP, had accomplished Upset recovery training and operated under new rest regulations. It is very obvious that the requirements increased the pay and plenty of regionals offer hotels so she wouldn’t have had to spend the night in the FedEx waiting room.