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Airlines Fear Pilot Shortage Amid New Federal Safety Rules
The head of the Regional Airlines Association notes the new regulation is roughly triple the number of hours many commuter airlines require today, and he says it will mean lots of otherwise qualified pilots won't be able to get jobs. (www.npr.org) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Wunnerful idea...the forgers will love this.
Just hire illegals. They don't need no stinkin' license! I'm sure the FAA will give them exemptions. 3 landings, 3 take offs in a 150 ought to be good enough for the right seat. Remember, it's ok because they only do jobs Americans won't. Lol
I see you point... What is the worst that will happen to them... If they get caught, they deport them, they come back and start doing it all over again.
You got the program sir!
What are they going to do when there are plenty of planes and no crews.
And they wanna raise the requirements!
The Colgan crash was a major incident and is not to be downplayed by any means. All the hooplah that came out of it regarding pilot training is well and good. That said, another 1000 hours or so is not necessarily going to raise experience level in a particular Aircraft type. Most required training can be gained in 500 hours or way less. Should one be able to afford it, that additional 1000 hours could be spent circling in a C150, gaining not 1 iota of time in a CRJ or dash 8, and having lost a good portion of original training by it not really being current. We have nowhere near the stringent rquirements to get a regular driver's license or a CDL that we have to get a pilot's license, yet on that same day of the Colgan crash, there were 300+ traffic fatalities across the country. No outcries were raised on these because they weren't all in one place at one time, but dead is dead and somebody was at fault in each one. Congress has jumped in here where they have no expertise instead of leaving it to the FAA and/or people that know. IMHO