Originally Posted by
Bellanca
Instructing and other time-building jobs that will get people to the 1500hr/atp mark won't help much with icing experience, since almost all of the aircraft those people will be flying aren't certified to fly into known icing, and a vast majority of their flying will be VFR in good weather.
True, but they may make better Captains if they are hired at 1500 than if they upgrade at 1500.
I would hate to learn about flight levels, congested airspace, icing, automation, CRM, complex taxi instructions, RNAV departures, and have an emergency all in the same week.
All of those things combined would tend to overwhelm a 1500-hour new-hire, let alone a 300-hour new-hire with a 1500-hour Captain who has never flown in snow.