Originally Posted by Space Monkey

Thats one of the biggest issues is Situational awareness and judgement..... At 170 hours they have none.... When I was a CFI that was my job to teach, babysit and sometimes if necessary spoon feed..... but all my CFI time was done in piston aircraft.... much simpler and slower than a jet and with much higher tolerances than a jet.... Sadly this is the line and while I agree people do need to develope themselves and grow I think a firm background should be required before they get to this level.... Methaphorically would you want a doctor that only has a bachelors or an associates degree no Med school. or would you want a para-legal as your lead council at a murder trial????? I think that the person with the bachelors should be given a chance to grow to be a doctor by going to the proper schools and interning to eventually being send into the world as a doctor. As well as if the para-legal wishes he or she should be able to go to law school.... but until that person has gained the required level of expertise they should not be doing trials and procedures.