ATP IS the way to go!
Finally some logic! If you want to be an airline pilot, get an ATP. That legislation will be the best thing for pilots in the long run because it will weed out the wanna bee's and only the serious need apply. Pay will go up and the QOL of an airline pilot might actually make a comeback.
A previous poster commented that SIC should be excluded. That's a nonsense argument, since they are part of a team AND only a heartbeat away from being PIC. Get your ATP and be a real professional pilot. All 121 ops should require an ATP for all seats. The idea of a 400 hr 22 year old fresh out of school sitting right seat carrying passengers is just absurd!
Finally some logic! If you want to be an airline pilot, get an ATP. That legislation will be the best thing for pilots in the long run because it will weed out the wanna bee's and only the serious need apply. Pay will go up and the QOL of an airline pilot might actually make a comeback.
A previous poster commented that SIC should be excluded. That's a nonsense argument, since they are part of a team AND only a heartbeat away from being PIC. Get your ATP and be a real professional pilot. All 121 ops should require an ATP for all seats. The idea of a 400 hr 22 year old fresh out of school sitting right seat carrying passengers is just absurd!
Um...or maybe it will result in them having to pay pilots decent wages to attract people to the industry. I deem this as good for pilots...it seems that congress has stopped the race to the bottom.
BTW...when I got hired you had to have at least 1500 to be considered remotely qualified for the job. 500 hours is not enough experience to be in the right seat of an airliner. There is no valid argument for it!