Originally Posted by
JustAnotherPLT
Interesting point but it doesn't apply to Gulfstream. You need to have your certificates before crawling into the cockpit at Gulfstream. So those 250 hours you're talking about pertain to where they did the initial training.
I agree with everyone who made a statement about this happening at other airlines. If Gulfstream had bad pilots then we would see more accidents at Gulfstream, not the others. I don't care where the pilot came from, if he passed the check ride at his current company, it's on that companies hands, not Gulfstream. Pinnacle, Colgan and whoever else are responsible for those pilots and if they say they are good to go, well then I guess they are good to go. Bad habits happen everywhere, not just Gulfstream. I've seen a lot of bad pilots who never worked at Gulfstream!!
Point being, stop blaming everyone, learn from other peoples mistakes, and move on!
Would Gulfstream have the same record if they were based in EWR? Take them out of FL and see what happens. My company has a list of airlines that we are not allowed to be booked on and Gulfstream is the only one that has stayed on that list and will not be removed. If my company's corporate safety department (union and pilots have no influence on this decision) has been able to determine that the risk is too high to book its own personal on those flights then I would not purchase a ticket on Gulfstream for me or my family.