hahah even I dont know where his comment came from hahaah. Kinda like the crazy Grandma at Thanksgiving dinner, who just says outlandish things for no apparent reasonhahaha

"I like grapes!"

I flight instructed for 3 years, got burnt out but learned a lot! I have confidence in what I do. I think that the 250 hour pilot might be good stick and maybe a good student when it came to ground school systems. However, one must admit it takes time to personally be confidence with the national airspace system and be able to react quickly based on good judgment.
It wasn’t too long ago that regional minimum were way over 2000 hours (or not even hiring). Somewhere a line in the sand must be drawn where “how low is too low.” Depends on who you talk to and what the hiring conditions were like when they went threw it (3 years to 30 years ago). Safety is always number one. Can you put a minimum hour time on what is safe? Food for thought.

Now we'll see who pays the most for the 250hr guys. Mesa, TSA,or MesaChina

Ok, let's grasp at straws.


Always one or two in the bunch. Get a life.

TSA's training isn't particularly tough, but it is in depth and unlike other regionals they don't have procedure-based training to teach you to push the right button at the right time and fill a seat. Instead they teach you the company rules, then every system in depth integrated with 12 pages of memory items and limitations that you have to have memorized and understand how to apply to the line in order for you to pass the oral. If people wash out it is their fault because they did not study enough.

As far as the 1500 wondercaptain... That is where we are headed no matter what. There is a lack of experienced pilots to staff regional airlines that isn't going to go away until there is another major event to destroy the demand for pilots again.

The QOL at TSA suffers from a really conservative management team that does not appreciate the pilot group. They treat the captains poorly and this has fostered a deep antagonism that can only be placated with a better contract and pilot-minded scheduling (double-dead heads to an overnight followed by a deadhead to a 12 hour 4 day and the like need to stop, -and all this for $20k a year). But hey, at least you stay motivated to leave. :eek:

People who have really studied to get their ratings do fine at TSA unlike pilots who have passed everything by memorizing answers a la Gleim. Guess I better get rid of all those red books before...

Personally I think upgrading before getting all 4 seasons in the airplane is ridiculous. I have never flown in a New England winter, and would never want to be PIC without having done that first as an FO. The race to the bottom ends with a crash.

P.S. I love it when people are saying how poor the training is at TSA and misspell words in their post. Not exactly building their case.

Call me crazy but I have a feeling the FAA will step in, or some politician looking for a quick good public vote, and stop it once one accident happens and they find out it's a low time guy.

I agree with you. Politicians are vultures when it comes to aviation. Always picking what they can from the carnage and touting it as great insight into a real problem.

SAAB, you're my hero 2133 posts:eek:

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Tsa Has Low Mins. So What! Go There If U Can't Make It Anywhere Else. If Not Hold Out.
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ellen, this forum is for discussion. You just came on and made five posts in less than 20 minutes, acknowledging "I didn't even read the thread" in one of them. If you don't want to read and discuss, don't post.