Much respect to you all

[siucavflight]

My uncle started flying with United in the 50's, they paid for him to get his commercial. He had only 300 hours when they hired him. He retired as a 747 pilot, never had any kind of incident.

 

[ratherbeflyen]

Man, cut the new kid some slack. Does that make the new kids poorer pilots cause they spent less time bugsmashing? Maybe. Maybe not. I've known a lot of high timers that couldn't fly for sh*t. Personal skill and judgment play a big role.

I agree, I've found some big exceptions to high time equals good pilots on both ends of the specturm. That's why I said everything else being equal. However, there is NO REPLACEMENT for experience. The FAA knows this because they have minimum experience requirements for everything. I bet you'd be hard pressed to find a captain who hasn't had a fo feeze up in a situation that was less than ideal. That fo obviously wasn't ready yet. Whats even better is when your captain is behind the 8 ball. The point is all the tricks you put in your bag from all your back ground can help you down the road. Single pilot 135 prepares you very well for the unexpected and gives you a first chance to think about a bigger picture.

I dont have a problem with people who fast tracked their career if they can actually do the job. I have a BIG problem with someone who thinks they are a better pilot than someone else who flew 135. If I were to make a guess I'd say anyone who is looking to raise their "skill status" by citing 121 safety statistics over 135. Is either insecure about their own ability and is grasping for excuses to make them selfs feel better, or is just so ignorant...