Originally Posted by
DashGirl
HaH!! You nearly got beer nose on that one....
@ Deadstick...I get the weakest link point...but I also realize the statistical likelihood of an incident severe enough to lead to a passenger fatality or injury is astronomically low. A list of things a mile long would all have to go wrong at the same time to lead to the remote chance of a pilot error significant enough to cause a crash that would not have happened with high time pilots at the controls instead. I got no issue with low time guys/gals flying me or my loved ones...my issue is when they do it for $19 an hour...now that's an accident waiting to happen...
I do agree that complacency with experience can be just as dangerous as plain ol' inexperience. But at least there is a base of knowledge there that CAN be tapped.
Who do we point the finger at? The traveling public looking to save $1 on travelocity? The majors for requiring 1000TPIC and, therefore, making regional time a necessity? The Regionals for trying to get a warm body in the seat for as little $$ as possible? The insurance companies willing to let carriers fly low time pilots or risk losing the business? Or the pilot for willing to take the low pay for a shot at a JET. I'd say the pilots deserve the least. I mean if you take an alcoholic to a bar and offer to buy a round-- that is just not nice.