Originally Posted by
Romulus
Crash Courses for the Crew - WSJ.com
Training is expensive, but it can pay off handsomely. The military has show that training can't replace experience, but it can certainly bring pilots up to speed very quickly and much more ahead of their civilian contemporaries with more flight hours.
The recent accident with Colgon might have an icing component to its cause. How many airlines practice icing scenarios in the simulator?
I don't know about initial, but I know for a fact during upgrade training they GRILL you on in-flight icing procedures for the Saab