Originally Posted by
elcid79
Yeah, but in the 60's MAJORS were hiring people with nothing more than a private pilot license.... "Experience" Seems to be based upon hiring demands. Some of the scariest pilots that I have ever flown with in my 10 years of flying were at the top of our seniority list, with buckets of time. Although I feel that experience is important, I believe that good decision making, quality leadership, and a centralized focus upon SAFETY is far better. I would personally rather fly with a 250 hour pilot who exhibits these traits and strives to meet them, than ANY of the 10k hour pilots that dont. Just my 2 cents.
Well put, the problem with this industry is too much emphasis is placed on TT. It is just a number. A person with basic decision making skills, a safety first period attitude ( or lack there of ) is built into their personality. You can not fix a lack of decision making or leadership skills with 10000 hrs of experience. Mabye we (as an industry) should spend some time testing candidates on Physch, and decision making, and leadership skills rather than how much TT do you have. Many jobs require this kind of testing, mabye its a direction we should be looking....JMO