Originally Posted by
Papoo
. However, one can't make the arguments based on safety, because there are similar programmes throughout the world which have worked for decades. These airlines are no less safe than those in the US. In fact, many have better safety ratings, for what that's worth.
There are valid arguments, but safety isn't one of them.
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The only reason we don't have more accidents in general is because of the high reliability of turbine engines and automation that takes the mental math (and associated pilot errors) out of the equation most of the time. When I was an instructor at FlightSafety I tested my theory. Face it: everyone knew in advance what the footprint for recurrent consisted of. So I switched it (off the record, I.e. Didn't count it towards training): I gave them a V1 cut as the first thing we did (everybody expected a normal TO to airwork). 95% went off the runway or rolled it on takeoff - regardless of experience level. I'm strongly opposed to gateway 7, but that's food for thought.