He said a minimum requirement of 1500 hours for airline pilots would mean the end of all pilot cadet programmes in Australia and make it impossible for airlines to source enough pilots to cope with planned future expansion.
here's an idea .... Pay pilots enough money so that they can live above the poverty line. this is what mining companies in WA have done to attract people!
To stay in operation, the smaller operators would have no choice but to accept pilots from general aviation, with sufficient minimum hours but who may not have the desired skill level to be an airline pilot, it said.
here is another idea.... Start replying to those who have sufficient hours AND skill levels who have applied. How many times have we read on these pages about pilots with 2-3-4000 hours who have applied, and called and updated, and received NO RESPONSE from REX?
It said the Senate moves followed a similar proposal in the United States that was a knee-jerk reaction to a fatal airline accident involving two experienced pilots who - ironically - had well over 2000 hours of flight experience each.
I believe that he is talking about the COLGAN AIR dash-8 crash in Buffalo recently. THEY crashed because they were overworked and underpaid, basically, and had fatigue as well as monetary problems at the forefront of their mind when they should have been concentrating on flying. .... hmmm.... sound familiar?