FAA Proposes 1500-Hour Rule Changes
11-06-2017, 05:16 PM
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FAA Proposes 1500-Hour Rule Changes
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The plan reduces the hour requirement to as low as 500 hours for a restricted ATP.
If this makes its way into law, which seems likely considering the Congressional committee also approved a reduction, regional salaries are likely to drop back to pre-2015 levels.
Now more than ever it is important for high pay rates to be contractual and not in the form of signing bonuses which can be taken away overnight. Sure hope 9E approves that TA while they still have the chance.
The plan reduces the hour requirement to as low as 500 hours for a restricted ATP.
If this makes its way into law, which seems likely considering the Congressional committee also approved a reduction, regional salaries are likely to drop back to pre-2015 levels.
Now more than ever it is important for high pay rates to be contractual and not in the form of signing bonuses which can be taken away overnight. Sure hope 9E approves that TA while they still have the chance.
11-06-2017, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by iahflyr
The article says the requirement will be reduced to 750 hours for pilots with a bachelors degree. Is that any degree? Or just an avaition degree? If it’s just an aviation degree, it won’t help at all.
11-06-2017, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by iahflyr
The article says the requirement will be reduced to 750 hours for pilots with a bachelors degree. Is that any degree? Or just an avaition degree? If it’s just an aviation degree, it won’t help at all.
The first plan reduces each current Restricted-ATP tier by 250 hours. Military would be 500, Bachelors would be 750, and Associates 1000.
The second plan is a "variable" credit where all tiers are reduced to 500 hours.
As far as I can tell, the hourly reductions are still limited to those with degrees in aviation (and having completed their training 141 at the university).
11-06-2017, 07:58 PM
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If people aren't getting into aviation because they don't want to build 1,000 hours they aren't suddenly going to do it when they have to build 500. There's still 40k+ in training costs. This may stem the bleeding for awhile but long term it will probably exacerbate the shortage by hiring away flight instructors even earlier.
11-06-2017, 08:15 PM
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11-06-2017, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by flybywp
There are two plans, one backed by ALPA, another backed by nearly every other interested party.
The first plan reduces each current Restricted-ATP tier by 250 hours. Military would be 500, Bachelors would be 750, and Associates 1000.
The second plan is a "variable" credit where all tiers are reduced to 500 hours.
As far as I can tell, the hourly reductions are still limited to those with degrees in aviation (and having completed their training 141 at the university).
The first plan reduces each current Restricted-ATP tier by 250 hours. Military would be 500, Bachelors would be 750, and Associates 1000.
The second plan is a "variable" credit where all tiers are reduced to 500 hours.
As far as I can tell, the hourly reductions are still limited to those with degrees in aviation (and having completed their training 141 at the university).
That article says ALPA supports one of those reduced hour pathways. That is not true. Here is ALPA's press release concerning this Advisory Review Committee report.
http://www.alpa.org/news-and-events/...ecommendations
Originally Posted by flybywp
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The plan reduces the hour requirement to as low as 500 hours for a restricted ATP.
If this makes its way into law, which seems likely considering the Congressional committee also approved a reduction, regional salaries are likely to drop back to pre-2015 levels.
Now more than ever it is important for high pay rates to be contractual and not in the form of signing bonuses which can be taken away overnight. Sure hope 9E approves that TA while they still have the chance.
The plan reduces the hour requirement to as low as 500 hours for a restricted ATP.
If this makes its way into law, which seems likely considering the Congressional committee also approved a reduction, regional salaries are likely to drop back to pre-2015 levels.
Now more than ever it is important for high pay rates to be contractual and not in the form of signing bonuses which can be taken away overnight. Sure hope 9E approves that TA while they still have the chance.
This was just a report released by the FAA Advisory and Rulemaking committee. It holds no legal weight as it's just a recommendation, that wasn't reached in consensus.
11-07-2017, 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DarkSideMoon
If people aren't getting into aviation because they don't want to build 1,000 hours they aren't suddenly going to do it when they have to build 500. There's still 40k+ in training costs. This may stem the bleeding for awhile but long term it will probably exacerbate the shortage by hiring away flight instructors even earlier.
This, exactly! It’s a short term stop-gap that fails to address the root cause. Probably the next step towards ab-initio...
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