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I'm not sure why there is even a question about whether pilots with more experience tend to be "safer" than pilots with less. Assuming you have considerable experience in the flying world, this shouldn't be a new revelation to you. Certainly if you have any time instructing, you should be capable of observing the difference between pilots with varying degrees of flying experience. You will note in my first post that I said "typically" when referring to the subject at hand. Of course there will be exceptions to any rule, but actual evidence points out very clearly that flying experience has some very direct ties to mishap causes. And generally, more experience results in better judgement and fewer fatal errors.
Max Powers said:Rock is living in his perfect little idealistic military world. The fact is MGMT is more concerned with paying the pilots as little as possible not with their experience level they only get highly experienced pilots because the unions demand high pay and this along with myriad applicants allows them to pick high caliber pilots.
Those stats must refer only to the PIC of an accident aircraft. I know for example, that the FO in the recent Pinnacle Airlines accident had less than 1000 hours total time. Clearly, he (and his inexperience) played a major role in that accident. If the FAA only considers the hours of the PIC in those statistics, they become less meaningful as few Captains have less than 2500 hours, yet their hours are the only hours considered in accidents that might be caused by the actions of a much less experienced FO.172driver said:
True, but as Yip said, we are not talking about GA pilots here. Here are some quotes from the FAA:
Accident statistics for FAR Part 121
airlines show no correlation with pilot experience;
no aircraft involved in an accident since 1976 was
flown by a pilot with 2,500 hours or less of flighttime.
Actual experience in a specific aircraft type
and airline might be more predictive of accident risk.
Sig said:Next up... cabotage?