Originally Posted by
BMEP100
Not universally true, but often enough and at the younger end of the spectrum as well.
One of many cases to point is an airline whose wages and work rules puts them in a spot where they have to hire low experienced pilots with sketchy employment and training history that would push the nose of a heavy jet into a 49 degrees nose down attitude during approach because of a faulty airspeed indication.
We often pay for what we get.
I agree. But, these are the reasons why a pilot needs to be 23 before they can hold an ATP, or why (at least in my day) checkrides are regionals were harder than I've experienced at legacy airlines.
My experience is older pilots (maybe all pilots) are a bad judge of competency, that's why I support regulation when there is reasonable doubt they can no longer adequately operate an aircraft.
I've also wondered whether lower paying companies have more accidents. I'm interested in safety data as it relates to pay, gender, age, etc., but I doubt such will never be published (I'd gander the results of such would be astonishing).