Originally Posted by chrisreedrules

There are a lot of “inbred” problems starting to show up on the line. There’s just a lot of inexperience at all levels of the pilot group. “The blind leading the blind” if you will.

Most FOs upgrading as soon as they have 950 or 1,000 hours or whatever it is just don’t know what they don’t know. And most haven’t spent a ton of time flying and learning and more importantly, paying attention to senior Captains. Many of our “senior” CAs now may only have 1,500 - 2,000 hours in the left seat. Many of our Checkairman only have 500-1,000 hours in the left seat in some cases.

Hours spent in a particular seat aren’t necessarily indicative of a pilot’s abilities to learn and perform as expected but in many cases there simply is no substitute for experience.