Originally Posted by
Riverside
How much flight time did the captain and FO have on AF447?
Good question, no idea. From what I understand it was the copilot who started messing up. I'm not trying to bash anyone. I'm a fearful flyer and booked LH PHL-FRA. It used to be a straight LH flight but now operated by Cityline with newly trained former shorthaul pilots. I have the choice to fly out of IAD instead with experienced longhaul pilots, it's just not as convenient.
I was just trying to get a professional's input. There has been a lot of debate in LH circles whether using two newly longhaul/airbus trained pilots into the cockpit by themselves constitutes a safety risk.