Originally Posted by
SrfNFly227
How can you make this statement when the Captain of 3407 was hired with less than 1500 hours. People love to point to his total time and then say that he was high time. What you are missing is that a 1500 hour requirement would have kept him from being hired at the time that he was. I can't find the exact number, but if I remember right, he started flying for Gulfstream with under 500 hours and then was hired at Colgan with under 1000.
Other notable crashes with flight crew who were under 1500 hours when hired:
Pinnacle 4712: Captain total time 5600 (1400 when hired)
Pinnacle 3701: FO total time 761 (549 when hired)
Air Midwest 5481: Captain total time 2790 (925 when hired, 1690 at upgrade)
Air Midwest 5481: FO total time 1096 (390 when hired)
I hope you realize that the AMW crash was due to improper control rigging by the mechanic. And by the way, yes total time does play a role. Should we all assume that the 747 CA that was hired with 200 hours back in the day will crash his airplane? Along with the thousands that were hired with less than 1500. That's what your post says. The FO had 1700 total at the time of hire as a CFI and she still put the flaps up at 20 degree up with airspeed at about 80 knots.