Originally Posted by
CaribPilot
My reference was not solely to stick and rudder skills, but to also a low time guy being able to make decisions in rough weather, maintenance issues, bad atc controlling, etc. Some guys, no matter how much time, still make wrong decisions on the fly, which is proven time and time again, even recently.
My point is: Dont look at time for how well can one make decisions, stick rudder skills or anything else related. Look at how the flying time was achieved, how much common sense that person has, how attentive they are, and how prepared they are for the situation they are entering, to gauge how well that person will perform.
Taking on what CaribPilot is saying, reminds of something someone once told me.
If you're going to say you have a 500 hours, 1000 hours, 10,000 hours you gotta act like it and fly like it. Anybody can write hours in a logbook, experience is very hard to measure, so as for a bottom line, if you have the confidence to write how many hours you've written in a logbook, better be prepared to exude that confidence in your flying to include your decision making abilities.
CaribPilot is correct by saying that it is not necessarily a given that a 10,000 hours pilot will always make a better decision than a 500 hours wonder boy/girl.
In my opinion, one is ready when one is able to exude the confidence required to perform his/her duties, and accept the responsibilities that come along with the better the decisions and the more poor ones. All the while being humble to a certain point.
Going back to the original poster's question. If you have to ask, maybe you should hang in there for a lil longer.... when you are ready make sure you act the part. [watch Chicago if you wanna get a good idea of how ppl in this world act their part... ;-)]