Originally Posted by
chuckyt1
So which metric would you use to choose the "safe" pilot? If 1500 hours does not make you safer, then why is it required to be in the left seat?
Every rating has a min number of hours required. Why not a 121 first officer?
Why should the ATP mins discriminate against FO's? The ATP is for the captain PIC min's, FO's aren't paid the same so why should the they have the hour requirement to just get hired when PIC just have to have the min hours to qualify for the ATP? Of course type time does go into the equation along with education. But tell me how we don't discriminate while stopping growth and limiting commerce?