Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
Put a guy on reserve in PHX for 1-year (ppl are holding it out of new hire now), throw him in a left seat exactly 1,000 hours later, and he's done what? Maybe 1 landing on a contaminated runway? Maybe 3-5 approaches at the end of a max FDP in blowing snow at 1600 RVR at night? Maybe a handful of diversions/holds where he actually had to pay attention to his fuel status? How many go-arounds/real emergency situations has he ecountered? One? Zero?
I'm terrified of the current experience level at which Mesa allows people to upgrade--let's not go any lower.
^^^^^ This
I cringe(d) every time I had to fly with one of those 7 year PHX FO to 3 month IAD CAs because they just don't have the experience of deicing, winter ops, RVRs, etc.
You could tell the entire trip, (especially if there was weather) they were barely keeping their head above water.
This upgrade who had spent his whole time in PHX told me he had shot an approach maybe twice in the last two years in PHX system.
Another had zero understanding of reduced takeoff mins.
