Originally Posted by
j1b3h0
At the risk of sounding elitist, one shouldn't be in the cockpit of an airliner conducting 121 operations until holding an ATP. . . . . Is that who we want flying OUR family? . . .
Sure are a lot of 300 hr wonders flying as C-130, C-5, C-17, B-52, KC-135, etc., etc. Copilots all around the world, in combat, etc. Some fly fighters. I was a combat IP with 900 hours total time (including 220 from UPT). It's not total time, its quality of training and depth of experience.