Originally Posted by
Flex81
I disagree. In my opinion the schools that take you from "zero flight time to the right seat of an airliner in 6 months" are the BIGGEST problem. Pilots don't learn the basic fundamentals that they need to safely fly a transport aircraft. I am not saying Gulfstream is to blame for the Colgan, Comair, and Pinnacle crashes. I am saying that the training these pilots received at Gulfstream is a definite part of the accident chain. Gulfstream is just one of several schools that offer this type of training.
And they
still don't learn basic fundamentals when that right-seat is in an RJ and the company all but forbids hand-flying...