Originally Posted by
Airsupport
When they started their airline careers however they had significantly less. That is the problem. The fundamentals have all but been eliminated from a professional pilots repertoire. Hind sight is 20/20 and I don't like knocking on pilots who paid for their mistakes with their lives but the fundamentals weren't there. Pilots need more experience before moving on to the airlines. Low wages and ridiculous lifestyles do play a role also.
Bingo. Most learning stops once you get into a glass turbojet...you may learn about ramp and metering frequencies and some cute new tricks to program the FMS but that's about it. You need to acquire some basic flying skills, aviation situational awareness, and aeronautical judgement before you get to that point.