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FAA considering raising the bar for airline pilots
FAA Monday proposed to substantially raise the qualification requirements for first officers who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines (www.aviationnews.net) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I think the FAA needs to realize the problem is not the initial qualifications of the pilots, but the reduced training due to automated aircraft and pilots not knowing... remembering... how to fly their planes when they lose their automation. This is a training issue. More hours do not necessarily make safer pilots.
I agree with you. I think it is just training issue and not flight time. I think a good training program would be the ticket. One that does not punish the pilot by getting them fired when they fail, and allows them to become better pilots buy allowing them to train better on there mistakes. Also makes them fly the aircraft manuly and not relying on automation all the time. Not knowing how to fly the plane or handle the problem will still exisit even if they have atp.
One more thing, I think they should require at least 1000hours as a CFI. I think that helps some even when they may losse some skills but gain many more as a CFI. Not an ATP.
Why is instructing necessary to make it to the airlines? I never got my CFI, landed my first airline job with about 1300 YY, over 1000 of it multi.
where did you get 1k multi time? My son is cfii, but has to buy multi time at 250 per hour? Again, where do you get experience, in today's world, if you need experience to get experience? His dispatcher at the flight school makes more than him, gets a salary, and has benefits, while he gets paid for flight hours, when the weather is fliable, and gets no benefits or guaranteed income? It is a shame for a four year college educated person with all his ratings!
I was an airport rat. Fueled airplanes, washed them, helped the mechanics work on them, washed rental cars, etc. I got some time from aircraft owners, maintenance flights, that sort of thing. After a while your name will get around and opportunities to fly multiengine aircraft will open up. I got hired soon after to fly right seat in a Beech 18, then 337s after that. That company ended up with a Learjet, which opened a few doors.
I'll admit I was lucky to be in those situations, but my friends who instructed logged their time quicker.
I wish your son the best. This legislation will make the road tougher, but quite possibly make the investment more worthwhile.
I'll admit I was lucky to be in those situations, but my friends who instructed logged their time quicker.
I wish your son the best. This legislation will make the road tougher, but quite possibly make the investment more worthwhile.
In response to the commnt requiring an Instrument ticket prior to a Private...the argument is at the bottom of your paragraph and it supports flight time as an experience builder. Just because you have an Instrument ticket, you still need the flight hours to build an experience level that will give you the judgement and decision making skills to keep you and your passengers from hitting " high speed dirt". You can have all the licenses in the world but without time and experience, that macho attitude will never be questioned by that internal voice. I had a multi engine, Commercial ticket and a couple of hundred hours and knew I was prepared for the world. Now with 23000 plus ( stopped logging) i know better than to think my license and good looks will save me.