Originally Posted by
asims33
Well the new student part is where this bill will fail... How do you attract people to this industry when you tell them..
Set out to be a pilot spend 100k 2 years training 3 years working your butt off in little planes teaching others then get hired (if your lucky) and work for little to no money the first few years as an FO...OR go to college get a degree in architecture with your 5 years and make 200k a year out of the gate...
The only good thing i see for this bill is that it i will weed out the not so serious pilots.
You know there are alot of us that did just that now. Teaching in little planes, working your butt off.....all called paying dues and learning.
I see this is a huge blow the the 250 hour wonder at Riddle Diddle. That is no more, and for good reason. I predict good companies will have no problems with staffing, but companies like TSA will be unable to attract anybody to work there, they couldn't even keep up with people quitting when their mins were 250tt.
Flame away.