Originally Posted by
samc
sounds like ex post facto law to me. Under the terms of my employment I was not required to have an ATP cert, now the government requires one for me to remain employed? Hmm...
Ex post facto does not apply to your employment
Originally Posted by
samc
While not a bad move on the part of Congress, I think this will have little to no effect. When the next hiring wave hits, the guys that have been instructing for the last 5+ years will still walk straight from the Seminole into the right seat of the RJ. Then companies will get waivers from the FAA to hire below 1500 hrs again.
There is no precedent for waivers to pilot cert requirements...I doubt it would happen.
The FAA has never allowed private pilots to work as flight instructors, not have they allowed commercial pilots to captain airliners. Once the law is passed, done deal...especially since it is an actual law, not FAA admin law (if the FAA created a reg, it can change it later...but this is congress).