Hi!
The new requirement is having an ATP (not just 1500 hours). The Capt went to Gulfstream, which is a B-1900 outfit, where you pay a bunch of money, go through their training, and then get 100? hours as an FO in the plane. They get very new guys.
So, if the new standards were in place, Gulfstream will not be able to do what they are doing, and the Capt may have never made it into Aviation. The 2nd airline the capt was hired into, he did not meet the ATP/1500 hour mins either....Colgan was his 3rd airline, I think...and same for the FO, as she was initally hired with very low time....they never could have gotten a start at a flying career the way they did after this new law goes into affect.
cliff
GRB