Originally Posted by
flyguy727
There was a time you gained experience on different airplanes as you gained hours. You would work as CFI for a bit, then go fly cargo for a bit then on to a regional. Now you go from a 172 into a ERJ 175. Without gain any meaningful flying experience. What happens is that now your training program has been affected. Many are overwhelmed by the complexity of the airplane. All that translates to higherase failure rates not higher training cost.
A bigger problem I see is the C172 FO in the EJet being "mentored" (micromanaged) by another C172 pilot who happens to be the PIC that upgraded at the 1000 hours SIC mark without much real world experience.
The blind leading the blind?