Comparing the US GA pilot training, and the average number of hours achieved at the end of that period, to either the European airline backed model OR the US military is just highlighting that the poster doesn't know much about either of the paths mentioned.

Discussion concerning the crew of the Buffalo crash so far does not address the times/experience that each was hired with and the probable lack of strong basics that each exhibited. One would hope that enough time flying the line (read as experience) would eventually give those of such caliber a stronger basis; but this doesn't seem to have happened (coupled with a less than stellar background throughout flight training and the acknowledged lack of certain types of experience)

Btw - after spending over 7 years teaching military aviators in their FLEET aircraft (after wings), there are VERY few that I would want anywhere near an airliner cockpit. Even once out of the fleet training pipeline, they are closely watched, continously monitored and graded, and tightly controlled until they gained a considerable amount of experience; and this is all after an extremely thorough initial screening process and training program!

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