Originally Posted by
antbar01
You had me up until "time means little." During 99.999% of airline operations, I would agree to a large extent that experience isn't necessarily a decisive factor in the safety of airline operations.
During that .001% of ops in which no written material applies, the experience is nearly everything.
I get your point, but I don't entirely agree.
During that .001% of Ops, experience may help. Equally, of greater use is knowledge, decision making, TEM, etc.
Experience may help with those things too, but it's not a precursor. If you select individuals with a tested aptitude for the important skill-set, I'd say that guy is more useful than a magenta drone with 8,000. The military also agree.
Hence, the airlines I mentioned continue to maintain as high a safety ranking and record as it is possible to get in the industry.
Perhaps saying 'experience means little' was too strong a term, but you get the general drift of my post, I'm sure.