Originally Posted by
CANAM
It scares me to death, as it should you too, that an airline would hire anybody with 50 hours of multi-engine experience. I thought the whole Colgan crash was supposed to rid the industry of this.
Even if you had a 1,000 hours of multi before you applied to regional. How does 1000 hours in a light GA twin compare to flying a regional jet. Where does all the mixtures props throttles full forward flaps up gear up verify identify yada yada yada come into play with a RJ ? I lose an engine on takeoff in a PA-44 there is a good chance I am going no where but down. I lose and a engine on a RJ I still have a 1000+ FPM climb. Even the Vmc asymmetrical thrust pretty much gets thrown out the door with your engines mounted on the back of the aircraft when you fly an RJ. Point is 50 hrs of light twin time vs 500 of those same hours. What is the difference when it comes to moving into a jet ?