Originally Posted by
Grumble
All age 65 did, was back everyone up... 5 years (if that).
Exactly, my point is that these law changes affect the industry whether people want to believe it or not. I feel 1500 hours will slightly counter the affect of age 65.
Originally Posted by
Pielut
I don't think this will change the industry much at all. In the early 90's you needed 1500 hours or more to even get an interview. This did not result in a pilot shortage at all. This will not increase wages because there will still be a large number of people who will still take the crappy wages that the 250hr wonder was taking a few years ago. It will also have no impact on safety because even with the 250 hour wonder, planes have not exactly been falling out of the sky. I think this is more of an "illusion of safety" than a really sound solution.
Could not agree more.
Can you imagine if 1500 hours was a requirement back in 06? They would have been hard pressed to find pilots with 1500 hours, hell they were hard pressed to find pilots with 500 hours.