jugement at 500 hrs vs 5000 hrs?

[Lead Sled]

Hey Lead Sled

I am curious. Where does the pilot sit on the M-18?

Good post.

In front of and to the left of the flight engineer.

'Sled

 

[jws717]

Here is the deal some 500 hour pilots can be wiser than some 5000 hour pilots. However; The big issues that must be dealt with come once in 500 hours. And one can train emergency decents 50 times in the SIM, untill you are at 33,000 with strctural damage and feeling like your gona die. This is when you want to have the 5000 hour captain next to you who has done this before and knows exactly where Saracuse is. Its the familiarity with the enviroment that realy helps when the pressure is on.

 

[It will roll]

Lesson Learned

I'm not High Time, infact just finishing up my first year at a 121 carrier. I think the most important lesson I've learned from 500TT as a flight instructor, to a 1850TT FO is to not be impulsive. May be old news for some newbies, but for me, I always thought a quick reaction to a situation/problem was a good reaction. Now I realize, that a couple more seconds of second guessing, foward thinking, and alalyzing the situation/problem could mean the difference between a good call and a bad call. Just a drop in the bucket in terms of experience, but its good decision making that makes us good aviators, not how "smooooooooth" we can roll it on to the runway and not wake up grandma in the back.

 

[time builder]

BTW how common is ice in clouds that aren't associated with fronts or lows?

Ever fly in Idaho in the winter? Freezing fog can be a big issue, no front or low required, and man that stuff can stick around a long time. I've seen over a 1/4 inch clear ice develop in less than 5 minutes on an approach, I'm sure others have seen more. And to think they fly Caravans in that stuff!

 

[B1900FO]

Like many of you have said I believe it's all about attitude. It's all about understanding the current situation you are in and making a judgement call based upon circumstances. No situation in flying is ever the same. Many 20,000 hour pilots see things they have never seen before.

One thing that shows with all of us is that we as pilots are all opinionated about how we conduct a flight. Some of us consider it stupid to fly in ice without protection while others who do fly in ice without protection consider it stupid that anyone would even think it was dangerous.

Unfortunately there is no right answer, ever, except for the obvious things that are going to kill us.

Do any of you remember the Nike Gulfstream that had landing gear trouble? Those guys, in my opinion were good pilots. They used every resource available to them before making a decision, and they dealt with their passengers in a very professional manor. Had they made a quick decision that guflstream would be in a maint. hangar somewhere being repaired. They took their time and found a solution that saved an airplane, and themselves from harm.

It's all relative. Everything is. If it is possible, it can, and will happen. None of us are immune no matter how many hours we have.

We're all good pilots in some way, shape or form.

Blue skies and tailwinds to us all!!!

 

[FN FAL]

Iowa is at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean about half way between the US and the UK? Fancy that.

You don't get out much do you.

OK grandpa. :laugh: