Originally Posted by
AftaMEI
I'm fairly certain that the 1500 rule still has about another 2 years before it kicks in, so until then the airlines will lower the mins until they have fulfilled their need and probably to overfill even so that way they dont get short handed. As soon as that rule comes into effect there will be a definite shortage on the regional side since right now they are sucking up all of the guys with lower hours. Also that means that the quality of pilot coming through may be worse since right now they are passing on people with major issues.
Good to hear that coming from the side of "still in training." Should be done with commercial and multi by the end of the year, so let's see what the minimums will be by then...Didn't Piedmont hire those with just a CPL and give them a multi engine rating a few years ago? Hmm...I wonder, but something tells me those days are long gone.