Originally Posted by
Tinpusher007
For what its worth guys, I have flown with Mesabah and there was nothing scarey about him. In fact I had no idea that he had less time on the CRJ than I or that he was younger than me. And from what I could tell it didn't matter. I do understand the point behind the "scarey" comment, but I highly doubt that any of us would find up it scarey to upgrade that young if we were all in his shoes. Just food for thought!
I meant no disrespect to Mesabah, in fact, I was only a year older than he when I first upgraded.
My primary concern (the thing I found scary) was with the combined level of experience. Seems that could lead to a lack of CLR (CRM). I was an LCA at the commuter I flew for so I know what it's like to fly with people with no time in type. But I had a lot of time when I did this, both total and in type.
Not too many transport category aircraft with single pilot type ratings.