Originally Posted by
Whacker77
As a guy who has 1200 hours, I could think of rules I like better than 1500 and an ATP. But that's life I guess. It would seem to me though this new proposal could cause a shortage of pilots because there would be so few who have that much time. I suspect lobbyist for the industry will work on that ATP 1500 hour porposal.
I don't believe that a shortage would be caused at all as there are plenty of pilots with that time. The only shortage is the availability of jobs that don't pay crappy wages. Besides, there are plenty of ATP's that are furloughed or are refugees because their airline simply shut the doors.
Ultimately, I'm hoping this will make regionals increase pay and QOL to be able to attract those that are qualified. The current wages/QOL seem to be designed for the 200 hour SJS pilot mill wonderboys.