Originally Posted by
Turbosina
I've flown with about 5 new hire CAs. 3 of them had never been CAs before. 2 of those had gone from zero time to UAL CA in 5 years. I'm talking about people who started flight training during covid. I kid you not.
Fortunately the total number of such CAs is quite small, but it sure ain't zero.
I’d bet they are the minority by a large margin, but you are right that they do exist. I’d hope they have the humility to know what they don’t know and check the ego in with the GA