Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I have never seen it as an hours issue. It is an aptitude issue. As a LCA with the 300hr professional pilot, some were awesome, some not so much.
The ones that had the processor between the ears that was developed enough to realize what they knew and what they didn't did very well. The ones who though 300 hrs was enough, generally needed more IOE.
What needs to be done, is a aptitude based test like Med School does to limit what comes in to the industry. Anyone can fly 99% of the time OK. It is the thinking that saves their bacon that 1% that is what matters. I will take a person who can think and see the situation clearly any day over a guy that is the ace of the base. That is what makes this profession what it is. It is our minds not our hands. The flying is a skill, the thinking is what makes it a profession.