FAA Administrator urges professionalism, use of SMS

[pilotyip]

can not be answered with data given

The relevant question should be who is a safer pilot? One with 250 hours and a Commercial Multi or a pilot with 1500 hours?

The ATP requirement would improve safety and would raise the bar on the bottom end of airline flying.

The 250 hour pilot just got his wings in the Navy Comm/MEL/Inst civilian comp, all his time is turbine, 150 hours MEL turbine. The 1500 pilot has at SEL ATP, with 5 MEL 2.0 actual inst, and 1495 hour SEL primary VFR CFIing in Arizona. Who is safer?

 

[luckytohaveajob]

The 250 hour pilot just got his wings in the Navy Comm/MEL/Inst civilian comp, all his time is turbine, 150 hours MEL turbine. The 1500 pilot has at SEL ATP, with 5 MEL 2.0 actual inst, and 1495 hour SEL primary VFR CFIing in Arizona. Who is safer?

Extreme non-relevant example. But just to humor you, the 250 hour Navy pilot either failed out of training or was kicked out. 250 hour Navy=loser!

The ATP certificate was a union invention approved by government to promote a higher level of safety standard in the left seat.

In practical application the regionals hire 500 hour pilots as a regular business practice. Eagle advertising in Private Pilot magazine for 500 hour commercial pilots. Eagle churns the bottom of its list because it can not get qualified applicants.

How many 500 hour pilots has your operation hired pilotyip? An ATP requirement would improve this unsafe practice.

 

[wms]

Regardless of the training background, nothing beats practical experience. Mil guys come here with no concept of CRM and no idea what it's like to fly six legs in an environment like the ATL, but they have excellent skill, normally.

Civ guys have to work harder on professionalism and discipline, but have a clue about the aerospace system.

We all have things we need to work on when transitioning to a new work environment.

 

[luckytohaveajob]

agreed.

 

[Kharma Police]

The irony is that Captain Babbitt was hired on at Eastern with low time and no college degree. He was later one of the youngest captains. I'm sure his father, "Slim Babbitt's " involvement with the creation of ALPA and founding of Eastern had nothing to do with his rise through the ranks.........

 

[pilotyip]

college degree, college degree, did someone mention college degree?