Originally Posted by
TPROP4ever
I disagree with you. I think we should give the process a chance. I think what he said made a lot of sense and many other pilots agree also. Im sure this will split pilots down the middle, but anyone thinking that 1500 hours would have magically prevented 3407 is not paying attention. For the 3rd time we need Quality and Quantity, not knee jerk reactions.....that is not to say that even though I disagree with your opinion that I dont understand your skepticism.
I completely agree with you, the sim training is barely enough to check the boxes. 1500 would not have prevented this. The fo had 1700 as a CFI and 2500 total time and she helped the airplane become unrecoverable by raising the flaps.