Originally Posted by
250 or point 65
You're missing the point. A true PIC would not have gotten to the stall in the first place. I'm sorry, but one hour 1500 times is not going to give you the same experience 1500 times if you're working in a professional environment. You're going to be challenged to make PIC decisions on a daily basis so that a student or weather or boss doesn't get you killed.
I agree with this...of course being a CFI for 1500 hours is, as anything else, what you put in will be what you get out. I was a very INTENSE instructor, because I wanted my students to reflect good on me and I wanted to learn as much as I could. No 2 CFI flights are exactly the same, even if they feel the same. That being said a guy with 250 hours might have 1 crictical decision. A 1500 hour guy may have 3 or more,
but the lesson to be learned is...the more flight time you have the more critical decisions you will make, which leads to the foundation of a strong PIC. You can not deny this. Thus quantity of time is the best measure of likely quality through more real world tests and not checkride prepped enviornments.
When you fly single pilot IFR you are the first, last, and ONLY line of defense between mission accomplished and a smoking hole in the ground. Wx tries to kill you. Airplane malfunctions try to kill you. Bosses try to kill you. Other pilots will push "minimums" and then tell you its good. Nobody cares about the rules until it affects them so they tell you it will be ok. It is up to you and ONLY you to stay safe, legal, and at the same time mission oriented to make the man his money. Its dangerous, and by dangerous I mean if you stop paying attention for just an extra second you will be done for.
A good pilot, and especially a 135 pilot, is a paranoid person who thinks everyone and everything is out to screw him for LIFE...other pilots, bosses, the FAA, fuelers, and customers. Watch your back, front, and sides at all times, and you will most likely be ok.