New FAA Writtens (ATPw = 30h ground + 6hr Level C Sim from Aug-14)

Single engine IFR, VFR part 135 will be getting a lot of people building up time then as a Comm certified pilot.

Guess this is also why the pilot schools are developing intern programs with the regionals (e.g. ATP, TransPAC etc with Skywest).
 
ATP will probably buy a few old ass simulators for aircraft that don't fly anymore and you will just have to get your ATP at hub places, and double the price. Like Fokker jet Sims and Bae Sims.

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mshunter said:
Is that a recent rule change?
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No. Has been this was for a very long time. As an example I flew for a company where we flew passengers part 135 in Caravans and Chieftains. The Caravan pilots only needed a commercial and instrument rating. If you wanted to transition to the Chieftain you needed an ATP. It seemed funny because we hired a guy from Ameriflight who had 600 hours of Chieftain time but couldn't legally fly it with pax until he got an ATP. Another example of an operation needing an ATP for pax is Cape Air.
 
If the rule changes on August 1 2014, then will having your written done before then exempt you from the additional training required?

I don't see where this additional training has anything to do with the written.

Can someone link it please

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DBrown said:
If the rule changes on August 1 2014, then will having your written done before then exempt you from the additional training required?

I don't see where this additional training has anything to do with the written.

Can someone link it please

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Found it
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Can you post it?
 
I've seen, in a couple of places, that this whole sham is courtesy of the guy who runs ATOPs (big, giant waste of money). He used to work at the EMI FSDO, but they "promoted" him out of there and now this is his little pet project....

If you need to get your ATP written done, do it now.
 
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I wish the FAA would focus more on pilot fatigue rather than more ATP requirments, requiring regional pilots to have a ATP greatly reduces pilot inexperience mistakes, which is good but they really need to look at pilot fatigue and its negative impacts and how they can improve it.
 
Hopeful Pilot said:
I wish the FAA would focus more on pilot fatigue rather than more ATP requirments, requiring regional pilots to have a ATP greatly reduces pilot inexperience mistakes, which is good but they really need to look at pilot fatigue and its negative impacts and how they can improve it.
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Agreed!

There is some nonsense in this rule, like having 1500 hours exempts you from needing an aviation degree,
But a restricted ATP requires an aviation degree for anything less than 1250 hrs

does a CFI with 1500 hrs in trainers know much more than a CFI with 1250 hrs in trainers?
The difference is so vast it's on the order of requiring an aviation degree?
 
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