Originally Posted by
NoStep
Exactly right! And if you ever have an accident/incident, your total hours acquired at your first job (instructor/cargo/banner towing/ ferry pilot, etc) should be the determining causing factor!!
I am sensing some sarcasm. I think the point was if you are hired as a part 121 two pilot operation with 250 hours you have actually not developed any piloting skills. How many hours do you think this guy had in an airplane by himself actually making decisions by himself? Very few. I am going out on a limb here, if this guy had instructed until he had 1000 hours this accident would have never happened. As an instructor he would have developed the skills required to pilot an aircraft properly and he would have not driven that plane into the ground. Lets be honest with ourselves, as part 121 pilots our actual piloting skills are probably not of the quality that they were when we were instructing/hauling cargo in planes without autopilots practicing real piloting, 121 flying is easy. My true piloting skills that form my base as a pilot were developed well before flying in the 121 world. Without that base, well you see what can happen. Just my opinion, right or wrong.