PBRstreetgang
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It would eliminate or severely hamper the "puppy mill" pilot training companies. This business has gone from hiring the most qualified pilot to hiring the best FICO score. "If you can and will, sign on the bottom line we will make you an airline pilot" vs "We only hire the best and brightest" I am sorry, I have flown with a few guys who have no business in the cockpit of anything larger than a 152 and I cringe when I think I may have to fly in the back of the plane when they are in the front.How would that fix anything? Instead of instructing 200-300 hours before getting the regional job, the applicant would just instruct a couple years more to get 1500, then take the checkride. A instructor busting his balls could probably do it in a year.
That applicant still hasn't seen high performance aircraft, icing, class B airport ops, or anything that would be helpful to his future career. But he has an ATP, so that must make him competent.
Good luck we are all gonna need it!
PBR