[quote=wanttofly;652625]Do I have to be the first to again bring up the point that both pilots had well more than ATP minimums on the accident flight...? I fail to see how setting a higher barrier to entry will solve anything...

Wanttofly, I agree with you. Big airplanes with lots of experience crash as well as little planes. Changing hours of flight time is like increasing number of Memory items. Just because you have more Memory items in the Emer checklist doesn't make you any safer.

I think we have enough FAR to comply with already. Why don't we concentrate on the management instead. May be they should be required to go along on your trips once a while. Yeah, crew scheduling too. Take them with you say, a flight from JFK to ORD at 7pm. Chow.