Originally Posted by
FighterHayabusa
I'm not trying to argue that the guy with 10,000 hours in a 152 is better than a 1000 hour blimp pilot or whichever other apples to oranges comparison you want to make.
Not sure why you think its apples to oranges. Fine, you have two guys, one with 1500 hours flying freight in a Baron in hard IFR and the other with 15,000 hours flying his Baron in clear blue skies. Apples to apples enough for ya? Point was this: quality of time beats quantity of time any day of the week.
But do YOU feel you were a better pilot than you were when you were at 1/2 the time? 1/8th the time? If not, then how can you ask for more pay?
I wouldn't say I was better or worse. Different maybe. At 900 hours (1/2 my current TT) I was a Piper Warrior, Arrow and Seminole master. Flew those things 6-8 hours a day 5-6 days a week. Would I fly into known icing conditions? Absolutely not. Today, known icing is not that big a deal because the aircraft I fly can handle it but if I went out for a a joy ride in an Arrow or a 172 I'd probably kill myself.
I'll make you a deal. If you can convince me I will be just as good at 200 hours as I would be at 1200 with CFII hours and Multi time under my belt, I'll take Mesa's pace program for 14k when I hit 200 for their guaranteed interview.
At 200 hours you've learned the basics. It has nothing to do with being better or worse. Safer maybe because your
experience will have increased and you will have developed a deeper level of knowledge about the how and why of how an airplane works. You might have learned a few tricks and scared yourself a few times from 200 hours to 1200 but the basic skills are the same. If that makes you better than I guess you're better.
Heres a tip you might want to take to heart (assuming you aren't some numbnut flame baiter who wandered over from flightinfo): don't go shooting your mouth off to a bunch of guys and girls who have been there and done that. You will find as you move through the aviation world that most pilots are humble among their peers and those that aren't probably should be.