Originally Posted by
mshunter
Such a blanket statement. I haven't exactly flown 121, but I do have a bit of time on the 135 side of things. I also have about 1500hrs of dual given. I learned more about flying in the first 250hrs of dual given then I did thus far flying 135 in both single pilot at crew environments.
Sure. I bet you learned a lot about a 152 in a short time as a flight instructor.
Many large intercontinental part 121 pilots have to struggle to get three landings in 90 days. It takes a long time to get comfortable with a big jet because they might only make one landing every 12 hours and as an FO you could expect to get every other landing. Often it comes out to one landing every 24 hours of flight time. Most of the time the auto pilot is on.
Transport category pilots are not free to do 9 touch and goes in an hour to be followed by steep turns, stalls and MCA. Just because you are good at flying a 172 does not mean by a long shot that those skills transfer directly to a transport category plane.
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