Originally Posted by
SoFloFlyer
I don’t remember any coming out in the safety publications, but I haven’t checked in awhile.
Think back to your Cessna prop days. The ones that were safest in that tin can were the student pilots and newly minted PPLs. They weren’t complacent, low tolerance for risk, and mitigated threats by being overly cautious. I’d venture to say that the indoc CAs are the same way. This isn’t to say that they are immune to a mess up or a bad day at the office, but probably a lot less of them messing up.
More experienced CAs will push things a bit because they know the plane and the operation. Unfortunately, this only works until it doesn’t.
In any case, strict adherence to SOPs and good decision making will get you from A to B safely. Everyone has passed the training and at this point, passed recurrent. Let’s keep looking out for each other and check the ego at the door
Cool narrative but not true at all and unsubstantiated. I am no more bold than I was 10000 hours ago…just more experience in my back pocket that will help me make better decisions. The safest pilots are the most inexperienced? Is that your assertion? And what about when lack of experience leads down a wrong path no matter how “cautious” one is? To basically claim that more experience makes you a worse pilot due to “complacency” is quite the stretch. I’m sure when you need open heart surgery you will choose the least experienced because they are the “best”?