Originally Posted by
AirWillie
Even though I'm for the proposed rules, I completely agree with you. They are placing the cart before the horse on this one. On par with the bus driving companies requiring a 4 year degree to drive a bus for 10 dollars an hour. Right now there is no incentive to become a pilot, the only people training are the college students which will not be able to support mass hiring. I fear they're using the 1500 rule as a silver bullet.
Ummm, if you increase the required time then you eliminate the pilot mill grads who are willing to jump into an RJ for 20K a year. That will decrease the amount of qualified applicants, and guess what? The incentive to become a pilot comes back. How horrible that these 250 hour wonders would have to Flight Instuct for a while. Add the potential new rest requirements and you will see a drastic change in the way regionals operate. No more stand-up/continuous duty/illegal/high speeds would be allowed, among other things.
This certainly NOT putting the cart before the horse, not even close.