Originally Posted by
TPROP4ever
Why dont we all stop being shortsighted about thinking 1500 hrs is a magic bullet to get pay rates raised, and start paying attention to what was really said in the article. He wants to make sure the Quality of training is there along with the quantity, not just arbitrary numbers, I for one think this is good that he is standing ground on this issue, 1500 hrs before hire would not have prevented 3407. Period, better training oversight might have.
Are we not as guilty as the lobbies when this is a unions real reason for wanting 3371 to go through???
I am all for pay to rise, but it needs to be for the right reasons, not because of a knee jerk reaction that will do nothing to increase safety...He took this stand simply saying that we can not sacrifice quality of training simply because of a rise in quantity....
As usual I see pilots jumping to knee jerk conclusions without looking fully in depth...JMO
I agree. I think most of the provisions are good but I am left scratching my head on the 1500 hour requirement. This legislation was inspired by Colgan 3407 and both pilots had well over 1500 hours at time of crash.
There are no statistics to back up the 1500 hour requirement. FWIW, best FO I ever flew with had well south of 1500 hours when he started out on the Dash 8 here @ Mesa. A better system can be implemented than just setting the bar at an arbitrary value such as 1500 hours. We owe it to this younger generation of pilots who are fighting and clawing to get into this industry.