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Old 02-20-2017, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Macdacpilot View Post
Copy, $$$ over safety is your priority.
Pleeeeasssse! When was the last time anybody lost a B737 over the ocean due to engine or system failure? So far they can't find B777. Most recent accidents are human factors not mechanical breakdowns. Pilots are on the verge of obsolesce. Enjoy what you have before automation and technology engineer you out of the flight deck.
You want to talk about safety; how safe is it to have pilots on heavy for 20 years as RIO and do few landings in the sim every 3 months; is that safe? Or putting 500 hours C172 pilot on the right seat of RJs with newly upgraded CA with 1500 h. and let them go into central America at night in thunderstorms and no radar, is that safe? What about 3 or 4 pilots that weight over 300lbs and don't exercise with medical limitations and bag full of meds at the controls of B777 or B747 with 300 pax, is that safe?
There many factors that affect your life everyday, we mitigate many of them by technology and training; in case of pilots, technology has taken over and pilots no longer are able to do basic straight and level flight with out autopilot; new hires are afraid to make a short approach in VMC without ILS or guidance. You want safety; dig a whole or fined a cave and hide.
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