Originally Posted by
flapshalfspeed
I had 3,000 hours 121 turbine time--mostly in JFK/LGA--before even touching the left seat of the EJet at Mesa. Yes, there are lots of newbie green guys who have no business in the left seat blasting around feeling important with their wing-mounted engines and VNAV. Yes--we need to have higher mins for upgrade (ooops left that out of this TA also).
I agree with you completely though--our upgrade mins are way too low. However, there are guys on the 900 in DFW who have the same experience level as a lot of the guys on the EJet--makes no difference what jet you're on--if you don't belong in that seat, you don't belong in that seat.
Come this winter they're going to realize that with the full force of Mother Nature after being in Phoenix/Hawaii/Charlotte for their piddly 1,000 hours of 121 right-seat time--they don't know what they don't know...that's all I can say. I don't envy them at all--even the noobs senior to me.
This isn't the first time that something like this has been said. Recalling the numerous Bradley, Ottawa and Toronto flights I experienced last winter, nothing stands out as particularly alarming. You get de-iced, sometimes you have to be careful with braking, don't make a hard 180 on slippery taxiways, etc. The idea that the new captains are somehow going to end up in over their heads in winter because they have fewer hours is ridiculous. Sh*tty pilots can eff up in winter, but that includes pretty much everyone. I've flown with plenty of very experienced captains who scare me a lot more than the new ones. If anything, younger captains stand out to me as the sharp ones.
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