Originally Posted by
SoFloFlyer
Unsubstantiated? Data published by the NTSB paints a VERY different picture. Looks like the narrative isn’t just cool, but holds some weight.
You not being bolder now than 10,000 hours ago is also pretty disingenuous. You are absolutely more bold (aka confident) now than 10,000 hours ago. Like I said, disingenuous.
And no, I’m not saying more experience means that they are less safe, but they grow complacent. Things also true as it’s something the FAA brings up in safety materials. Only way to mitigate that is to follow SOP even if you’ve been flying the ILS 22L into EWR for 3 decades. In other words, the risk of having experience is that it can breed complacency if left unchecked.
Let me be clear, no one is above getting into a situation where you have to write up a FSAP. However, what do you think these NHCAs are doing wrong? Busting speed limits on an arrival every leg? Taxiing into a tug? What? The real egregious events come out for the rest of us to learn from. I’d be interested in seeing the data of which pilots are “getting themselves into trouble.”
The notion that NHCAs are out there getting in trouble and causing accidents/incidents left and right are so over blown. These pilots are flying every month and doing it safely.
I’d employee you to crack up a FAA safety publication every once in while. It would help broaden you horizons a bit on the topic
more confident and aware of my capabilities? Yes.
More bravado and complacency? No..and that probably applies to the vast majority despite what you insist.
Again, you think the absence of crashes and accidents means new captains are not making mistake mistakes. My (confidential) CQ briefings say otherwise… they are just not publicized, but go ahead and bury your head in the sand. It’s only the extreme safety built into the system that covers up things and prevents the holes in the cheese from lining up.