Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
I don't know how someone could reach 1500 hours and not be competent in an airplane. Maybe they're not Chuck Yeager, but surely they're capable of flying an RJ....
That's not true. I know of several captains with 15,000 hours that I feel are not competent to be in a RJ. It amazes me how they pass re-qual. But the first thing out of their mouth is I have 15,000 hours. Let me re-phrase that. Have no business being in the left seat of an RJ.