Originally Posted by
8out
How many chances do you get in a real emergency? How many chances do you get in real life difficult situations? There are no do overs.
Training to proficiency weakens our profession.
I have seen this type of training situation before at airlines. Find a new career while your young and don't embarrass yourself and our profession.
FAA is advocating train to proficiency in the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) presumably because it is the better safety system. Change of emphasis to systemic safety rather than traditional methods based on placing complete trust in a certificate holder (surgeon, captain) has been shown to increase safety. In surgery, a study found that introducing checklists for surgical procedures increased the overall success of surgery. The surgeons disliked it because it required running a bunch of checklists, but they caught all kinds of stuff they missed. It's similar to CRM philosophy where a unified flight crew manages crises better than a collection of (supposedly) flawless individuals.
AQP Program