Originally Posted by
snippercr
I humbly propose this question: While just about everyone on this board champions this law because it should increase pilot pay (and to a certain extent, safety), many people have said they fear it will give rise to multi-crew licenses. Which do you think would be worse: 500 hour wonders sitting right seat of a 50 seater, or the implementation of multi-crew licenses?
My 2 cents.....if you are in the cockpit of a 121 operation, you should have an ATP. Is an arbitrary hour requirement, yes. However you are one pilot away from flying solo.
An ATP holder has at least demonstrated the ability to perform at that level once. MPL is the most ludicrous concept ever. Then again, a 250 hour Comm pilot is almost the same thing with regards to sitting in a 121 cockpit IMO.
Lee