[QUOTE=dojetdriver;445673]Then I guess DAL would have to change this part of their hiring criteria;
* Minimum of 1,200 hours of total documented flight time
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Yes, absolutely! But they won't until the governing body requires it. Management dollars seek the cheapest labor. (Skills, insurance, liability, and quality all factor into "cheapest", not just price.) One law that cannot be repealed is the law of supply and demand. Where those two lines intersect is the price of a given commodity. We have nothing to do with the demand curve but we can limit the supply by raising the minimum requirement. In addition there should be tighter oversight of how one gets an ATP to prevent ATP mills from springing up to fill the new demand.