Originally Posted by
johnso29
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.
Do you really think people will stop wanting to become pilots because they now have to flight instruct?
Was there a shortage of pilots back in the 90's when they flew a turbo prop rather than a jet, had to pay $10,000 for training and made less than $15,000? A lot of those pilots had over 1500 hours and there was no shortage either.