Originally Posted by
G2TT
That's the problem right there. 121 flying with passengers is not a training environment. People are paying money to get to their destinations with pro. pilots flying them, not one Pro. pilot/flight instructor and one student. I know there is a fine line between student and new hire these days, but GIA doesn't even attempt to blur it. One captain, and one student. Inapropriate.
That's why I'll never get on a GIA flight. Student pilots don't belong flying an airliner full of passengers. It would be the same situation as going into heart surgery and being operated on by a student surgeon that payed 5-figures to take the easy way out...