5+ ck failures, part 121 failures, multiple DUI's, 709's, violations, fired from every flying job they've ever had. No college education and a generally low knoledge level in general. Dim people.

 

So we should go back to 300 hour wonders instead for great success.

Wait, what?

 

I didn't say that, bro. The bar needs to be higher, and not in terms of logged flight time.

 

With respect to my RAH coworkers, nobody got into the left seat without at least 5,000-6,000 hours of SIC. I don't know where everyone is getting the idea that we have 1500 hour captains, but upgrade currently stands around 7-years, so please take this off-topic conversation elsewhere.

 

I'd say the hour requirement isn't what matters most. An interview should have a written test, that you actually have to pass, a simulator evaluation, and of course some hr questions.

The reason some regionals are not doing it is because many of there applicants would probably fail one event.

 

So Delta's interview is substandard at screening qualified pilots, but Colgan's was ideal?

 

Saw this one coming a mile away.

CNN: Pilot forced to land plane sideways.

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I'm all for improvements in quality and safety. I think the 1500 hour rule is a huge improvement in that one limited area. Of course there are many other areas. The key that no one wants to talk about is training at the airline level because that costs money and its a solution that can't fully manifest by regulatory edict alone.

300 or 1500 or 10,000 hours, the concept of a firehose ground school, 8 sims and a ride is an ancient relic that will take effort to improve on. It was only recently many airlines, even with swept wing jets, stopped teaching the insane pull back at stick shaker because you have to preserve altitude at stall indication +/- 100 ft because of a bizzare misinterpretation of the private pilot maneuvering PTS standards.

Training quality and quantity is going to have to increase at all levels, and pusing a merciless system that purges anyone with any blemishes regardless of context isn't the answer. For every PCL FL410 accident, there's a million hour jet jock from any background out there with excellent creds that balled one up too.

1500 hours is not a one stop fix all. Neither is 10 hours of non reduceable rest with 8 behind the door. But those two things are huge wins in and of themselves.

 

Don't think FB was referring to RAH. If I can make a guess it would be Mesa or PSA.

 

so that's your fellow coworkers you are talking about? I am sure they would disclose all of that to you...