Originally Posted by
Ellen
I've already made fliers to hand to paying passengers letting them know that their "Trusty" right seat driver is a 300TT pilot who had to practice more to get his/her driver's license than to fly a plane.
I can't wait to see their faces . . . ! They are going to SH!T.
Actually it is kind of a Russian Roulette type of chance. I am a Comair FO and had 6000+ hours when I came to Comair. Another Comair FO is a Delta 767 Capt. retiree and another is retired Air Force F-16 fighter pilot and another FO I know of came to Comair with 2000 hours in the CRJ.
While they might hire some lower time guys they hire a lot with a good amount of experience. So to think every time you get in a CRJ the pilot in the right is a sandbag is not true.
Since the regionals have done away with the turboprops for the most part there is a pretty good gap from the equipment the new hire has flown to the CRJ. But it seems that the system works as the Captains I have flown with all seem to be very competent pilots and can completely handle the aircraft by themselves if needed.
The only time I sweat riding in back is when the Capt goes to take a wiz. LOL