Originally Posted by sailingfun

The minimum to fly as a commercial pilot is 200 hours. ALPA has been the prime mover in trying to get the minimums raised. The Colgan accident gave the needed push to finally get it done. ALPA is in favor of raising not lowering the minimum. They have proposed a exception based on the quality of training. The could stick with the straight 1500 hour rule however the ATA would more then likely succeed in killing the rule and we would be stuck with the current 200 hours.