Originally Posted by
cruiseclimb
Not the case at all. The conduct of the cockpit was not about who knows what... not into playing games in the cockpit.. Before we flew he knew it was his plane. The whole flight he was very comfortable (until he was out of his element in the VFR pattern).
You seem to miss the point of the post. It's about having the level of experience it takes to fly for a 121 outfit and how some extra time prior to making the jump could be helpful.
So you think doing 500 hour more of checkout flight s where his presence is required for company and insurance purposes will make him more experience. I think that after about 300 or so hours of instructing, you are just sitting there anyway. I dont see what kind of experience will come from doing more checkout flights, slowflight, and turn-around-the-point. You could have flown with a CFI that had 4000 hours and had the same reaction...More time can come from doing nothing...(Mx flight, ferry flights, and checkout flights) Doesnt mean he will be more prepared with more time