Originally Posted by
lear 31 pilot
So tell me where is the jetstream right know. Oh and managing a older jet on descent is not monkey see monkey do as I have seen a pilot from a so called prestigious university have no idea how to calculate how to make a crossing restriction. And by the way I went to a well respected part 141 flight program, am I better then the pt 61 guy, no not at all.
Listen, i'm not saying that the university wonderkid with 350 hours is better than you. I'm saying that we need to combine a requirement for experience as well as education rather than rely solely on experience. The current FAA requirements to operate an airliner are laughable. I'm suggesting increases in both experience and education.
By the way, the Jetstream is located along the polar front between the tropical airmass and the neighboring westerlies. Its the Flower looking blob in the middle waving in and out around the two continental lows of 520 and 524 MB. Its called a zonal system because of its erratic north and south movement. If you cross that front, beware of CAT and turn the sign on to avoid potential turbulence related accidents.
