Originally Posted by
Whacker77
Having 1500 hours does mean a pilot has had more chances to experience tough situations, but I think we're going to see lots of guys with 1300 hours of pattern work in C150's.
If changing the quality of the hours is really the best way to improve skill and technique, why not require a new ATP which requires 1200 hours, but also mandates a pilot have a CFI, CFII, and an MEI and a certain amount of instruction in those areas. I think that would do more to improve safety than anything else.
I agree with you. Another problem is the way time is 'logged'. Anyone could grab a logbook and write whatever they want in it. I don't know how its done elsewhere, but anytime I have applied overseas they want me to validate my log book from some authority thats vouches my hours are as they say. They time is logged now, you can just taxi around the airport for an hour and log 1.0