Originally Posted by
ghilis101
i dont buy that for one second. military guys are for the most part their own dispatchers and flight followers. its part of the agony of military flying. its why they show 3 hours prior to takeoff, they have to do EVERYTHING
Training programs change over time. Maybe they forgot? These guys and others I have known may have had to learn some of that stuff but they sure didn't know it later. Why would they? It is totally useless skills to an airline pilot.
Most of what takes up time in training are to develop skills that are mostly never called upon again once an airliner is reached. Why then don't we just skip that stuff and create civilian 121 only pilots? I bet we could shave 100 hours off the required program and substitute it with RJ simulator time instead.
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