Originally Posted by
Mason32
Apparently you have never read a Nall report.... they are free from AOPA.org Go read one.
hours do translate into safety levels.... even the aviation insurance industry is aware of it, which is why low time pilots pay much more for their insurance. Even plugging around the pattern in a C152, you will make more decisions than you ever will in the right seat of an RJ.... and when in the C152 bopping around the pattern if something does go amiss, or if the weather does turn foul.... when you look to your left all you will see is your own reflection... no Captain to make the decision for you.
Actually the Army did a statistical study and found that there were cycles of experience: if my memory serves me correctly there was and increased danger between 500-750 hours then again at 1500hrs and then again at 3000hrs. Not an oppinion but a scientific study.