Originally Posted by
2Co2Fur1EXwife
"if she had paid 3000 dollars one weekend to get it in a Seminole."
Good point, how do you explain being certified to be a 'Airline Transport Pilot' flying a light general aviation piston twin? That needs to change
Let me know when you can rent a CRJ to go up with a DPE. Hence why the industry currently allows airlines to hire commercial pilots into the right seat, and the company gives you your ATP when you upgrade in the airplane you're flying.
I think too many people are reading too deep into this. This crash was the result of DOZENS of different inputs, the worst being (for whatever reason, we'll never know), the Captains improper response to a shaker.
We need to stop trying to re-invent the wheel here. Just like in contract negotiations, we need to take one of the most important issues and run with it. If QOL changed in the regionals, I for one would be ecstatic.
Pay, schedules, duty limitations, commuter clauses, sick leave...all these things need to change..and they all fall in the QOL category.
Fix that, and we have a VERY different regional airline industry.