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Originally Posted by WalterSobchak  Welcome to reality! Every one used to require 1500 tt and a couple hundred multi just a few short years ago. The standards were set by the NWA MEC. Big News Flash for you is Compass IS a regional. It was created as a flowback pasture when there were NWA pilots on furlough by the time it got off the ground they had been recalled. The reason they set thos standards is because a furloughed mainline guy doesnt want to fly single pilot IFR every day with some one who doesn't meet a rediculously low stardard such as 1500 TT. I don't blame them. Also the Compass pay rates are negotiated to always be industry average. It's part of their contract. That is what the NWA MEC agreed to. Seriously 1500 TT is not that much effort to put into a career. |
Never said it was too much effort nor did I ever allude the notion that Compass wasn't a regional. I agree, their pay rates are comparable to the industry, which, in and of itself, isn't saying much.
I am fully aware that a few years ago 2500TT was common when getting hired at a regional (or commuter or whatever you want to call these companies), and I'll go further by saying that I think changing the FARs to require an ATP to occupy any required crew member seat at a 121 carrier would not be out of line- both for the safety of the flying public and for the betterment of this industry.
However, the facts are that Compass is a regional, with significantly higher mins (compared within the past say, 24 months, when other regionals were hiring) and as such, by requiring more experienced pilots in an effort to create better crews, I do not think it is too much to ask that those pilots with greater experience be compensated more appropriately.