Originally Posted by
Boomer
1100 hours in a 172? Who knows.
But maybe if he got another 1100 hours with experienced Captains when he was an FO?
For example -
The CVR captured First Officer Shaw remarking that she didn't want to upgrade until she spent a winter in the right seat. Her classmates hoped to upgrade sooner. Why are guys at some airlines upgrading in a year?
You wouldn't fret over seeing ice for the first time sitting next to a seasoned Captain. But what if you're seeing ice for the first time, and your Captain is only seeing it for the third time?
Remember Sully (or whoever) saying that a pilot starts with a bag full of luck and gradually replaces it with experience?
If you're going from 400 hours to the left seat, learning from third-year Captains, who learned from their third-year Captains, and so on... you have inexperience inbreeding inexperience.
That's a whole lot of pilots flying around with bags kinda full of luck.
Very Very Very true. I don't understand that 6 month or less upgrade BS. Especially with some Dbags that upgrade and think they are gods from the minute they get into the left seat. That needs to be changed. Personally I will take an upgrade when I am good and ready even if that means putting off the higher salary for a little while longer. Luckily in the current times, people have plenty of time to gain experience in the right seat.