Originally Posted by
Excargodog
That the UPT class the retiree finished 19 YEARS AGO was really THAT MUCH better than the civilian ratings, type-ratings, and recurrent recurrency the regional guy has been through while the military guy has been working staff proposals?
I would guess yes. I've heard they teach pilots how to fly in the military. In my vaunted 121 initial, I think I was only ever required to fly 2 "hand flown" approaches. (And that's with the autopilot on until on course configured, and GS intercept, and then with FD on.) And after that strongly discouraged from hand flying at every step along the way. But somehow I'm supposed to feel confident and capable of doing it. The whole thing is very bizarre.