Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
Let me ask this then. I just upgraded to captain on the MD88. I never flew it as an FO. I'm flying with new hire FOs all the time. Total time is over 10K hours, 6K in 757/767 FO, 1K 737 FO, 3K or so E120/CRJ mostly as captain. Am I unsafe?
It has been my observation that any Captain, no matter how many thousands of hours in type, is
unsafe when sitting in an MD88!
(An old lady stuck her head into my MD88 cockpit during boarding and asked, "Is this thing safe?" to which I replied, "In about 10 minutes we're going to find out!")