Originally Posted by
atlmsl
I don't know who your regional affiliates are but to judge all "regionals" is unfair. Skywest never lowered their mins below 1000, Comair is a senior group (even the reserve FO's) and my company (ASA) also has a senior captain group. Even the few bad apples we have are often paired with a 10-20 year captain. These are just the airlines I'm familiar with.
I respect your viewpoint and desire to avoid regionals. I would just prefer you don't come on the regional boards and say that I'm unsafe because I fly for a regional airline. A little tact goes a long way.
When did I say that? You're reading too much into what was said. I said the likelyhood of finding pilots who shouldn't be in the seat is highest at regionals. If that offends you, sorry.... but it doesn't change the truth; does it.
Face it guys (and Gals) they aren't raising the mins by Federal regulations because they feel like it, or to try and help you get a better paycheck. The evidence has been there for years and years that experince counts, and putting folks with 250/50 into jet airliners was/is a bad idea. They can't trust airline managements to not do it, so they will legislate it out of existence. How can you all root and cheer about them raising the bar for entry into the profession, and then be ignorant of the reasons for which they are doing it. Face it, the regional industry does not have as good a safety record as they should have... the mistakes in these incidents and accidents are typically all pilot skill/experience/decision making ability level related.