Originally Posted by
BSOuthisplace
So what you are saying is that if I fly boxes around in a baron for 3000 hours, then fly an RJ right seat at a 121 for another 3000 hours, I will be a much better captain when I upgrade cause of my experiences over 3 years earlier.
What do you think most F/Os are doing while they sit over in the right seat all that time. Twiddling their thumbs and day dreaming? No, most of us (the good ones anyway) are learning from the guy in the left seat, whether it be from the things they do well, or the times they screw up.
I know a lot, and I am learning plenty. Hell, I've made PIC decisions for some indecisive captains that ended up saving our asses and our certificates.
And just to clear this up since I'm new, (I guess not a lot of people use sabre or have the same commands) but BSO is our airline's sign-out command in sabre/decs.
Absolutely you will be a much better captain because if you are flying that Baron full of boxes you are most likely doing it by yourself. Single pilot IFR in a small plane like that is some of the hardest flying you can do. 3000 hours will give you plenty of solo night and IMC into tiny little airports with out the facilities of larger ones. By the time you get to the highly structured environment of the regionals you will have plenty of experience of calling the shots yourself. Once at the regionals you can learn all about CRM and the 2 person crew. The regional flying will be a breeze compared to what you just survived.
You won't need to worry about having a safety net when you become a captain at the regionals because you would have spent plenty of time being your own safety net. You will be much better prepared than if you had just left ATP flight school with 250 hours and then fly 3000 hours as an FO. If you do that you have very little experience making decisions.
Learning from watching someone is not the same as learning by doing it yourself. That first hand experience of calling the shots with out a safety can't be obtained by sitting right seat at a regional.