Originally Posted by
Pilotpip
And the low time guys go to the little (regional aircraft) where they are trained under an FAA approved 121 course.
Sound familiar? This is exactly how it's done at the regionals as well. How would Delta, or United, or American train to any different standard? How can you expect any different level of training when they do the same thing? No it does not. You've missed my point entirely.
I think one of the big issues is that now that air travel has become so safe every accident is scrutinized to the Nth degree. You can never eliminate them but we're doing a pretty good job the reduce them when you can count the number of fatal accidents at 121 carriers this decade on your hands. When you couple that with 24 hour mass hysteria news channels you have a very bad mix.
Basically, I think you're saying this would have never happened if the majors hadn't given up scope. We would still have accidents because majors crash too.
How do you make that assumption based on my post? My post has not addressed what would have prevented this accident. I was merely addressing our current airline career problem we are all facing with no light at the end of the tunnel.
My position is that ideally, all brand name flying should be done under one flag with same standardized training and this is not how it's done in the US. You have missed the point entirely. My point is there would be no myriad of regionals running around, each with their own training stds. ie., All UAL or DAL flying would be done by UAL or DAL pilots under one seniority system and all their training would be under their own training department. I agree with those who said Minimum stds for getting hired at a Part 121 carrier should be ATP.