fischman
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I'd like to agree, but the facts point to the same old things:
1. The new rules won't happen.
2. It won't change a thing with the pilots, mommy and daddy will just pay for more time.
3. As I've learned since coming to this side of the industry, regionals are all (and I do mean all) bottom-feeding contractors who will cut costs at the expense of anything and everything.
I can't disagree with you at all. Looking at my own past experience, I was a CFI at FlightSaftey and was doing pretty well ($33,000 as a CFI in '01). I didn't get hired by an airline until after 9/11 with 1450TT. I'm not sure I was ready to fly a CRJ at the time. I was hanging on to the rudder for 6 months! (PA44 to a CRJ200 is a pretty big jump!)
I know raising the mins would create significant problems for those trying to make in in the industry, but for safety's sake I wonder if it would be a good idea? I'd have to ponder it more to know exactly how I feel.