Reading those comments from Schumer's site make me laugh. Aren't most the things he listed items which have to demonstrated in one way or another during a 121 training program? This looks to be a farce in that way, or it could purposefully be a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing? At least for those items, it seems to be one or the other.

The scary part are the requirments the FAA might be instructed to make as part of the 800 hours. Again, just where is the avenue that allows piltos to gain training in icing conditions? Will they be forced to fork over a boat load of money through a crippling loan to achieve this? Why isn't this just a boom for the acadamies so many hate? I know 135 is a possibility, but how many job are out there for short timers looking to move on quickly?

What about thunderstorms? Why doesn't this proposal mandate we fly through thundertorms before flying for an airline. I mean after all, the Buffulo accident was in icing, but that doesn't mean the next accident couldn't be in a thunderstorm like the very experienced pilots of Delta 191 in Dallas encountered.

These reactionary moves meant to appease the public are always backward looking and rarely if ever help. More than 99.9% of the country has no idea what it means to fly for an airline and that includes the Congress.