Originally Posted by
AirWillie
The whole argument was the the CA at Colgan only had like 600 when he was hired as an FO. The politicians then started to question things forgetting that the crew had a combined experience of more than 5000 hours that night... including the FO that had more than ATP mins when she was hired. I am very sure that the CA knew how to get out of a stall but he didn't, including th eFO that raised the flaps at 20 degree pitch up.
From my experience the most dangerous 121 pilots are (not all just a few):
-pilots new to a type or variation of a type but with a considerable amount of previous experience
They have enough experience that they are somewhat complacent but aren't quite settled into the nuances of the aircraft yet.
- Pilots who have experience but are incompetent and have no business being airline pilots and through one way or the other have yet to be weeded out by the training department.
These pilots are far more dangerous than a 300, 400 hour wonder who, has demonstrated competency during training. If training standards are raised and a 300 hour pilot can make it though, I say all the more power to em'.