Originally Posted by
Convairator
I was born with an SIC type in the 747 classic, PIC type DC-3, 5,200 TT: 2,050 PIC turbojet: 500 Sopwith Camel fighter
Who really cares?
This is a total meathead thread, leading only to pointless flaming.
Total time does not matter, because I know horrible pilots with 5,000TT and pretty good pilots with 400 TT, who at least know how to not crash a plane.
I'm curious what it means to call someone a horrible pilot at 5,000 hrs and a pretty good pilot at 400 hrs.
It is easier to wrap my head around what would make a pilot "horrible" at 5,000 hrs - lack of SA, comm discipline, lack of specific opeartions, etc....
I'm not sure what makes a pretty good pilot at 400 hrs though. The pilot can hold an altitude and heading? He hasn't had the opportunity to make many decisions on his own for me to decide whether he had good SA or decision making skills yet.
USMCFLYR