freightrash
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Dr.Hwang said:In the latest new hire class at AWAC the low time dude had an amazing 335 hrs. Good luck to the captains who will be babysitting/flight instructing for four days.
You want to know why I concern myself with how you got your experience (or lack thereof)? Because some that I care about might be riding with you at some point.This is the only profession I know of where so many people concern themselves about how someone gets the required experience necessary for a job. Some of you need to get over yourselves.
Twotter (and others) raise some excellent points about whether low-time pilots have the skills to safely operate an RJ. However, there is one point that I have not heard mentioned. Low-time hires are not strictly a result of bridge programs. Let's not forget that in the great hiring frenzy of 1998-2001, most regionals were gladly scooping up as many 1000/100 pilots as they could get their hands on. And many, like Skyway, Lakes, Commutair, and even Coex and others were hiring people closer to 500/50 and that's without having gone through any sort of a bridge/CRM/procedures training. There are a lot of pilots on this board who were hired back then with the same "low qualifications" as the people from bridge programs who are currently being bashed on this board.Twotter76 said:It is VERY important that we all understand exactly what our key function as pilots is - we protect the lives of the passengers when things do not go right. Its really just that simple dont you think? I think we can all agree that just about anyone can be taught to fly an RJ when everything is going right and the weather is fine regardless of what their experience level happens to be. While there are certainly aspects to it that can be challenging by and large there is enough automation to make the process very straightforward. How many of you out there really believe that your average 500 hour pilot has enough skills to make a safe landing going in to LGA at night in winter in moderate turbulence and icing with an incapcitated captain in a 35 knot crosswind single engine?
I see your point, but most CFIs who go to 1000+ total time get their CFII and MEI. Those are very important. You also grow a lot as a pilot from 500 to 1000 hours.Ace757 said:Why is a 1200 hr CFI who does Touch and Go's all day in a 172 any more qualified to handle an emergency in an RJ than a 500hr pilot with an RJ type.