Originally Posted by
TPROP4ever
I may end up eating my foot, and you may be right (I hope not for the industry sake), but I guess I really want to see the process run its course and actually work this time. I might be nieve, but I hope that standards will tighten for training, along with some more defined entrance requirements. I am ok, with 800, 1000, 1200, 1500 or whatever they come up with as long as they address quality and it stays the same despite industry ebbs and flows. No more 1500 this year, 300 next year followed by 700 the next one. This is what causes inconsistantcy in quality of training.
What about the CFI that has 2000 hours dual given flying little rotten johnny around the pattern to learn how to land? Does this equate to quality time? Did the thousands of hours save the passengers on American Airlines flight that crashed in Cali Colombia? One person isn't the reason and don't empower government to steal our ability to fly and earn a living. This hourly requirement is for the birds. Situational Awareness and professionalism is the key and anyone can fly the buttons, but it takes more than a monkey to stay situationally on top things.