The 1500 hrs rule has to be the most ridiculous solution to increase safety.
Is there any evidence to suggest this will do anything other than perpetuate the problems for the struggling pilot on minimum wages who commutes across the states because he/she can't afford to live close to base and needs a second job as dish washer to make ends meet?
If I may be so forward as to suggest the FAA to look at evidence from around the globe rather than their own lobbying backyard, they may find good quality training leads to perfectly safe airlines.
As I asked before: are Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, BA any less safe than airlines in the states?
They all use 200 hr pilots on their jets.
A lot of (jet)airline incident/accident reports point to lack of adherence to SOPs, fatigue etc, but hardly ever to a lack of manual flying skills.
GA experience is of limited use in the airline environment.