Originally Posted by
Denti
A claim that is not supported at all by facts, to be honest. Since WWII cadets flying airliners directly after flight school has been the norm in all of europe, especially with all legacy carriers, and many other western countries as well. It is not about boring holes in the sky with a C150 for 1500 hours, it is about the right training from the start. And that was apparently lacking.
Continental Europe barely had airliners to operate before the 1960's. Since 1950, more air seat miles have been flown inside the US than the rest of the world combined. Yet N. America (Canada and Mexico included) has had 88 large fatal accidents while Europe has had 133 in the same time period.
You are in the ballpark of 7x more likely to be involved in an accident in Europe than the U.S.