Originally Posted by
ClappedOut145
I did a JFK-YYZ turn with a Mesa DEC who had been CRJ PHX and he was worth approximately zero on the flight. Had no clue how to get around or how the 145 worked. It was a wonderful time. Thankfully it was only the one time. He was a nice person but woefully unprepared to be in the seat.
New to the captain seat, new to the plane, new to the base or new to the company. One of those at a time is usually enough to manage. You start having to deal with two or more and it tends to be a recipe for problems, and as I pointed out in another thread, there was an FAA letter about ten pages long that outlined many of those. Fortunately none have been catastrophic, yet. Hopefully it will remain that way, but as overall experience levels plummet, people are flying in borrowed time…