Originally Posted by Excel

My point is, wether this becomes law or not, A perspective student today must accept that he/she will need a MINIMUM of 1500 hours before getting an interview. The ATP requirement will not, in my opinion, have an effect on the industry till at least 6-7 years from now.
As I said previously, of course pilot mills are panicing and calling this a crisis. They cant print those adds in Flying Magazine saying "0 to right seat in 180 days!" And as the economy turns around, wether this ATP req happens or not, they have to find some way to justify themselves as they will not be sending these "graduates" with 250hrs to the airlines. A crisis indeed.