RedNex Horse Hooey!
they Gotta know airmanship first when you deal with that many lives to put it bluntly--gotta grow some B*lls first [ladies require a hairy chest]!!!
yes, it is true that 1500 hrs is NOT a magical figure but I know lots of descent instructors that if trained properly they'd make excellent airline pilots even though 'airline stuff' is far from their general perspective they have the spirit--and it would be nice if folks learning how to fly were not so bloody passive
and if regionals didn't pick cadidates for their ass kissing abilties but rather their flying abiliities --plus it would give us aviators some more respect as a race--- no!?
this ruling is just a start---we need to stop breeding sissies for the air period!
PA