Originally Posted by
Gchamp3
Nothing scary about a 210 hour Airline pilot?
I've had MANY 200-300 hour pilots nearly wreck my aircraft while I was instructing. Statistically, a pilot between 200-300 hours is the most dangerous pilot in the air. Its similar to being a teenage driver. You have just enough experience to think you have some experience. In the controlled training environment this is not a problem. However, when things go wrong, the odds are against you.
Nice analogy! people don't seem to get that flying is more than stick and rudder skills and greasing landings. Yes, you can teach a 200 hour pilot to memorize flows and emergency memory items. Can you teach judgment and decision making?
Also, the most dangerous pilots are those with 50 hours, 500 hours, and 10,000 hours. I had an instructor tell me that just after I got my Private and it has stuck with me since. The overconfidence you have at these levels makes you susceptible to invulnerability and error.