Yes, less qualified pilots that are likely underpaid, that’s what air travel needs. Just rake in the profits until a couple of high profile fatal airline accidents happen, then apologize and let the regulations come back for another decade before doing it again. Whatever the ultimate cost of that ends up being, including court settlements, will almost certainly be less than the profits made in the interim.
These were likely written by the pilot union. It makes it nearly impossible for new pilots to get started while the existing pool of qualified pilots ages out.
It’s another one of those things where you have to work for peanuts for years and years to get enough hours to get a decent job while older guys who never had to do all that hold onto the cushy well paid job.
The rule was put into place after the Cologne air disaster. Both pilots had more than 1500 hours. There was a series of events that happened because pilots had conflicting information from atc and new equipment. There were no procedures in place as to what a pilot should do if that happens.
And it’s not like we had some recent example of people thumbing their nose at safety only to have their “safety is waste” vessel catastrophically fail… Oh, wait.
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Yes, less qualified pilots that are likely underpaid, that’s what air travel needs. Just rake in the profits until a couple of high profile fatal airline accidents happen, then apologize and let the regulations come back for another decade before doing it again. Whatever the ultimate cost of that ends up being, including court settlements, will almost certainly be less than the profits made in the interim.
Safety regulations are written in blood.
These were likely written by the pilot union. It makes it nearly impossible for new pilots to get started while the existing pool of qualified pilots ages out. It’s another one of those things where you have to work for peanuts for years and years to get enough hours to get a decent job while older guys who never had to do all that hold onto the cushy well paid job.
I think you’re misunderstanding the meaning of the statement if you think safely regulations are written for union job security.
The rule was put into place after the Cologne air disaster. Both pilots had more than 1500 hours. There was a series of events that happened because pilots had conflicting information from atc and new equipment. There were no procedures in place as to what a pilot should do if that happens.
https://calaero.edu/faa-1500-hour-rule/
And it’s not like we had some recent example of people thumbing their nose at safety only to have their “safety is waste” vessel catastrophically fail… Oh, wait.
Man, these Titan references are really sinking to a new low. Depressing.
Alexa, play Air Supply