Originally Posted by
Bignellyxx
If congress actually decided to do this i would be more of a fan on passing the buck onto the airlines and not the pilots. ATP mins req for the interview. If you don't have an ATP you get it on your initial PC. Why not make it a type ride as well that couldn't hurt safety. The only issue is the lack of cabbage.
I have no problem with a combo atp/initial checkride. But the ATP is really the cheapest certificate to get. By the time a person gets 1500TT, he/she almost certainly meets the flight time requirements. So the only expenses are a Gleim book, ATP written, an hour or two of rental, and the cost of a DE if used.
I've had previous employers who let us take a recurrent ride with the POI, so we could got a free ATP.