Regional airlines want to axe 1500 hour rule
10-02-2021, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
Glad to see most people understand that the 1500 hour rule wasn't about safety, it was about the unions
It had a fringe benefit to unions too. But do you really think that commercial pilots should be making $15-19K to fly the public? Also safety related, because people making <$20K aren't going to get much rest since they can't afford to live in the vast majority of domiciles.
10-02-2021, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I think it was about safety.
If it was about safety they would have made the rule qualitative instead of quantitative.
Originally Posted by rickair7777
But do you really think that commercial pilots should be making $15-19K to fly the public?
10-02-2021, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
Well you're wrong.
If it was about safety they would have made the rule qualitative instead of quantitative.
False dichotomy.
If it was about safety they would have made the rule qualitative instead of quantitative.
False dichotomy.
10-02-2021, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
Well you're wrong.
If it was about safety they would have made the rule qualitative instead of quantitative.
False dichotomy.
If it was about safety they would have made the rule qualitative instead of quantitative.
False dichotomy.
Is 300 hours of turbine time with 60 landings more valuable than 200 landings in 50 hours in a 172? Does private pilot dual in a Cirrus count for more than banner towing in a taildragger? What about 50 hours of burning up the pattern doing soft field landings on a grass strip vs operating IFR in SoCal or New York?
10-02-2021, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkSideMoon
Could you imagine the whining if they tried to make it qualitative?
Is 300 hours of turbine time with 60 landings more valuable than 200 landings in 50 hours in a 172? Does private pilot dual in a Cirrus count for more than banner towing in a taildragger? What about 50 hours of burning up the pattern doing soft field landings on a grass strip vs operating IFR in SoCal or New York?
Is 300 hours of turbine time with 60 landings more valuable than 200 landings in 50 hours in a 172? Does private pilot dual in a Cirrus count for more than banner towing in a taildragger? What about 50 hours of burning up the pattern doing soft field landings on a grass strip vs operating IFR in SoCal or New York?
10-03-2021, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
But you cannot look me straight in the face and say 1,500 is no better than 250. Now is it better than 1,400 is open for debate.
10-03-2021, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I think it was about safety.
It had a fringe benefit to unions too. But do you really think that commercial pilots should be making $15-19K to fly the public? Also safety related, because people making <$20K aren't going to get much rest since they can't afford to live in the vast majority of domiciles.
It had a fringe benefit to unions too. But do you really think that commercial pilots should be making $15-19K to fly the public? Also safety related, because people making <$20K aren't going to get much rest since they can't afford to live in the vast majority of domiciles.
10-03-2021, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
In my experience and observation, 700-800 total time is about where things start to finally settle in. But of course that is anecdotal.
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