Originally Posted by
SKYKN6
How many of the ROPEs were steam guage drivers that never saw glass? A good IQ test would be to see if those gents bid ANY glass. I am NOT old guy bashing here FH.. In my schoolhouse days, it was my non-scientific observation that the difficulty transitioning to glass for the first time was nearly an exponential curve for those closer to "the regulated age". 200% training was more common, more failures, etc... I think the old glass guys would be better off going back to their former MD11 and A300 spots. Many ex steam guage drivers will have a very hard time with this whole mess. "May you live in interesting times."
The problems with transition from steam to glass today is probably as big as the transition from props to jets in the late 50s early 60s. The guys that hung on to the DC10 or 727 did not do themselves a favor unless thy expect to ride those airplanes into retirement
Last edited by FoxHunter; 12-16-2007 at 09:34 AM.