Originally Posted by
tsquare
Just curious.. I haven't really thought it thru, but what number IS acceptable? 1500 seems to be a number that has everybody's panties bunched up.. but what is magic about it? It seems to me that it takes about 1000 hours to really get comfortable in a new airplane.. but that's just me.. and I am talking comfortable.. not competent.
For me, the main problem is not the number. The main problem is that ALPA national strongly supported 1500 hours...right up until the time the NPRM came out. Now they support the NPRM with the 500 hour limit. It is the lack of confidence that you can believe anything ALPA says that is the biggest problem with this.
Carl