Originally Posted by
CaptainTeezy
This is 100% correct...
The Capt was never tasked with being a real PIC at the basic levels. For example no real amount of VFR 91 Single pilot PIC such as traffic watch, no CFIing for a significant amount of time, and no 135 single pilot IFR. And then he is all of a sudden expected to be a PIC because he has been babysat by a PIC for 2 years??? You cant emulate PIC leadership just by sitting next to someone else doing it. You have to get experience that should take place at much lower levels rather than on a 75 seat aircraft.
Yet the regionals are full of these types. We can Monday morning quarterback all day, but folks fitting Renslow's qualifications fill lefts seats all over the United States (and World) and seem to get the job done in the VAST majority of cases.
I am not looking to debate the mertis of experience. However from a scientific viewpoint, we seek to determine the one variable that can bring about the result, all others held constant. Lack of experience doesn't invariably lead to this result everytime. Therefore, it must be the wrong "why".
Even seasoned doctors mess up surgeries from time to time. How do you ensure 100% perfect results everytime? Is this possible within reasonable means? You can smash everyone down with more and more rules and regulations to try to solve a problem that occurs one in a million (I'd say even less) instances. But is the industry better or worse off after such implementations?