Again if ALPA is going to take regional pilots money for representation the least they could do is represent them. I think the USAPA pilots just lost a court case for that same reason, maybe you ALPA regional guys should get together and sue to get your dues back.

Again the only thing that brought this light was the fact that people died. So far as what is being said this pilot acted in error. Can anyone agree that the Fed EX crew trying to salvage a crap approach and bounced landed could have done things differently? No one but them died, so not much political gain their, every day a regional crew makes the right decision in an emergency situation and we never hear about it because no one dies.

If the government is going to dictate what type of education and what sort of qualifications are to deemed as minimums to the Airline Industry they better be prepared for the ACLU to come after them to provide scholarships and tuition's for those that can't afford it. You shouldn't need to be wealthy to do this job and due to the costs that is what it has become. Now it may become law to be that way. Another slippery slope for this government to fall on its ass on.

And if you are telling me I need an Art History degree to upgrade... I wish I had a Law Degree to know how to answer that one.