Originally Posted by
FaceBiten
And please tell me how reading ice and cold weather policies, looking at a deicing holdover table, and following checklists for deice procedures necessitates multiple winters in the northeast to understand, and how flipping three switches to turn ice protection on when the ice warning comes on is so difficult. Shooting approaches down to mins, going missed, and doing it again or diverting isn't very difficult. Basic instrument students do it. We do it in sims and on the line. Sorry it took you so long to learn to feel comfortable doing...I feel for you.
Says the guy who has near zero time flying in winter icing conditions. Summarizing flying in a winter storm as "read your manuals and turn your ice on--it's that easy" is EXACTLY why you shouldn't be a 121 Captain at this stage in the game. You're immaturity is dangerous.
Secondly, comparing a military pilot to you is irresponsible. First, an F22 pilot isn't flying passengers around. The military pilots that do fly pax have to go through a right seat program just like you and, unlike you, get intensive training once they reach their operational unit. Most of the flying they do has some kind of training objective. When's the last time you flew with an instructor who actually provided instruction? It happens frequently in the military world. It has happened less than a handful of times since I've started flying.
A military pilots at 250 hours has better airmanship than a civilian pilots with 1000 hours. You shouldn't be comparing yourself to them. You aren't even close to half they pilot an F22 driver is.