Originally Posted by
Aztec1
This is the sort of thing we get when congress gets involved. If the term "multipilot environment" means experience in multipilot airplanes, I agree this would be great for the pay for training outfits; there simply are not enough ways to get that experience outside of that, by far most 135s are single-pilot.
What probably will end up happening is schools like ATP and the colleges will get some kind of certification for training in a multi-pilot environment with light twins.
The only way this could be good is if the airlines would have to pay for some kind of specialized training program, but we know that is not going to happen.
Or it will push the "low paying" 15/hour jobs down to a Cape Air type environment (Cape Air=Good Company don't get me wrong here), but that's where someone should be starting, right seat of a light twin (402 to 1900 type airplane) with someone vastly more experienced in the left seat to show them the ropes.