Originally Posted by
ehaeckercfi
Lets see you take a.... lets see... stearman, T6, anything like that around the pattern solo and not kill yourself.
Those who can, do. Those who cannot, die.
Like has been said before, there is more to flying than flying a bus with wings.
Pilots at the airlines really don't need to know anything about flying small planes.
Years ago I was a CFI in ANC and almost daily guys would come in to get checked out who flew the big stuff for the airlines. They wanted to be able to rent piper warriors so they could fly themselves around to take in the sights.
Hardly one in ten would make it through even a simple check out in one session. Most gave up after 6 hours of training. One guy was told that he really should go through the entire private pilot curriculum over again.
Flying for the airlines really has little to do with flying.
SkyHigh