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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even a couple of years ago, Lindsey Graham’s proposal to increase pilot numbers by reducing the required 1,500 hours of flight time for certification scared me about how Republicans would handle aviation when unchecked.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/10/1116650102/proposals-would-ease-standards-raise-retirement-age-to-address-pilot-shortage

No thanks, I’ll take my life over delay inconvenience alleviation. But DEI, right? 🙄[/quote]

You really need to read up on aviation. There is a STRONG argument that the 1500 hour requirement (which is very new in the grand scheme of things) actually reduced safety by creating a pilot shortage, leading to a proliferation of pilot schools where students flew around the pattern for 1500 hours instead of the airlines getting them early and training in the real world. The restricted ATP helped with that, but not by much. But whatever helps you hate the right, yeah?

- former NTSB and FAA employee, masters in aviation safety, ATP, etc. [/quote]

Dear former NTSB and FAA employee, masters in aviation safety, ATP, etc or any other individual who works in air travel:

Given all of the firings in the last few weeks and the general chaos we are seeing, I’m assuming that the airline safety record under prior administrations isn’t really relevant to today’s safety, correct?

In other words, it seems like we are really dealing with a completely different paradigm right now, one which sows miscommunication/chaos, removes much needed FAA workers and imposes extreme stress under the illusion of efficiency.

I would think that the combination of all those factors would create inherently unsafe conditions for flying.  Do you agree? [/quote]

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