Originally Posted by
tzadik
please enlighten me oh wise one... what dont i get... i've got thousands of hours in the jet now and frankly think i could save everyones bacon if called upon and id be willing to bet you think you could to if given the opportunity.
You have never let a student take you for a wild ride, that allows you to learn a lot more than just sitting in the right seat of a jet.
You have never flown ALONE, in hard IFR, with out a GPS, with out an auto pilot, working your way through thunderstorms, managing icing situations in small piston powered airplane that can't climb or out run anything very well, gone VOR to VOR, flown and done the radios, and your attitude shows how inadequate you most likely are. You push buttons and the jet flys, that's it son.
Your foundation is very weak. Just like the Captain of Colgan 3407. He had no CFI time, very little solo PIC time, and he liked taking short cuts that kept him from being a CFI or box hauler.
I will say it again. Major airlines should require 1000 hours of PIC time in airplanes as a CFI or 135 single pilot, if you were not a military pilot. The FAA should require an ATP to have 1000 hours of PIC time in airplanes. If you disagree you are not thinking clearly.