Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
Essential is going to throw a hussy fit when I say this:
There is no substitute for experience.
No doubt you improved, we all did.
My gripe is with the time number which in itself is meaningless of you don’t require experience as the two are not equal.
Complexity makes a better pilot,
Not flying the same hour a hundred times over.
As long as there is no experience complexity requirement the 1500 is meaningless and nothing but a feel good.
TSA looking for water bottles.
I will ask this and I’ll preface it by saying this is coming from someone who’s not a pilot. What’s the idea in having the R-ATP for 1000 and 1200 hour guys? I can see it for military guys as those people get the best training under the most severe scenarios. However, what’s the difference in someone going to say Liberty University and getting a degree in aviation and only needing 1000 hours compared to someone who goes to basket weaving U and then getting top notch training from a former fighter pilot as his CFI as compared to some young kid from Riddle just trying to get his hours and get out? For this reason alone I’m looking at Liberty University to save 500 hours needed.