Originally Posted by
BenM
Personaly I can't stand these schools where people come in with only 500 hours and get to fly for a regional. Its unfair on those of us that did our time either in the flight instructing ranks or flew cargo. Furthermore I think that its unfair on the pilots fellow crew members and pax. I can remember when I was fresh out of flight school with 300 hours! I thought I was all that but looking back I knew ****** all.
What does everyone else think????
I agree. I started instructing with about 350 hours and quickly figured out that I, in fact, did not know a whole hell of a lot. 900 hours later, I am still learning every day. On the other hand, I have flown with guys with umpteen bazillion hours that had a hard time telling their head from their ass whenever an unusual situation popped up. Quality trumps quantity any day but having said that, you just have not had the oppurtunity for much quality of time in just 300-500 hours of flight time.