Originally Posted by
Duksrule
I wouldn't have a set time. It would be more of a practical training and testing issue.
Your solutions have to be practical in the real world Duks. You know this.
Of course you would have to have some set hours but the testing is where it's at.
They have set 1,500 hrs - along with that system of testing. Arbitrary? No more so than any other set numbers of hours that anyone would come up with.
You have to come up with some sort of real world no BS test. Not hey were are going to simulate X, what would you do?
I'm thinking that you should apply for a job at the FAA and work on this problem
Not sure how you would do that
Yep - easier to dream about fixes than work within the constraints of reality. Would you feel the same about the quality of pilots flying your family around if YOU personally weren't looking to break into the profession? Are you for reduced training/education/testing requirements in say the legal or medical professions; or were you one of the many making fun of the future medical doctors rescued from the *school* down in Grenada (where they went to train when no school in the US would accept them - - so the story/exaggeration goes)
It has been proven that hours don't mean anything.
As opposed to what other metric? That people with more than 1500 can have mishaps?
Indy race car drivers can have an accident on the highway too - but I'm pretty sure that on an average day that they are better drivers than you or I.
Funny that everyone is OK with a 250 hour pilot teaching people to fly airplanes from PVT to ATP all by themselves but just not riding in the right seat of a RJ under a CAs supervision.
On this you and I can agree completely. This is the major reason that I did not go on to complete my instructor ratings (and I wanted to move on from college). I didn't think that I had any business teaching other people to fly when I knew so little myself. I kept this opinion when I was in the military and I learned of the SerGrad/FAIP program. Personally I like to be instructed by people with some 'real world' experience. I know fine SerGrads and FAIPs - but it isn't for me and I'm glad that I didn't need to do it. After I gained experience, I spent two different tours in the instructor role and had great times!
In addition - at least those instructing are making the decisions themselves and learning how to delegate, multi-task, and BE IN COMMAND. You are correct in your statement - people are NOT ok with a person gaining a majority of their experience by "
riding in the right seat of a RJ
under a CAs supervision"
USMCFLYR