Originally Posted by
mcartier713
see normally that would have been a great suggestion. but my acro instructor said something the other day that made me think... it was something to the extent of: "half of those guys flying the airliners haven't even been over 40 degrees of pitch and 60 degrees of bank in their lives, are they the kind of people you want flying you?"
He wants your money, so he'll say anything. Jets are different than single engine prop planes. They cannot do certain things. Other manuevers will break the plane. I go over 40 degrees and 60 degrees every year as part of the upset training we do. It's in a simulator, of course. Even if no airline pilot did ever in their life, who cares? Are they unsafe? No. They don't get into unsafe attitudes because they are safe pilots. Single engine prop aerobatics doesn't make you a better jet airline pilot.