Originally Posted by
N6724G
Why not? Its not like he is by himself. Why is it not safe? I mean the Air Force has 300 hour pilots in jets by themselves. SO whats wrong with a 500 hour FO with a 2500 hour Captain next to him?
I'll put any new military pilot up against one from a pilot mill. No comparison. "Johnny Jet Pilot" from a mill didn't walk through the gates at UPT with 13 hrs in a C-150 and within 4 months, be soloing in wingtip formation.
Those 300 hr AF (or any military pilot) pilots got those hrs in a much shorter time frame, and much more intense flying, than the 500 f/o did.