Originally Posted by
de727ups
So, do you think the 300 hour guy, cause he was "sharpest in the class" and "didn't have time to develop bad habits", will make a better RJ F/O than the C-5 guy will?
Revisit that question during IOE.
Training and real world are two different animals. There is no substitute for experience. I guess my point is the 300 hour guy is going to be a joke for the first six months. The word babysit comes to mind.
I'm not challenging that 200 hours more in the pattern would make you a better RJ sim driver. I'm challenging that you think it wouldn't make you a better pilot. I think it would.
I couldn't agree more. Frankly the only person who has the right or ability to say that x amount of additional flight time is of no benefit is someone who has the additional time in question (and unless they're talking about taxi time they won't say that). I find i use my GA experience all the time on the line. There are a lot of things that are not covered in flight manuals or in a sim profile.
To be fair i used to say stupid sh*t like "flight time doesn't matter" all the time when i didn't have much. It's only after you have experience that you realize you needed it. I learn something new every trip and it usually doesn't come from the training department.