Originally Posted by
tlove482
Will someone explain how WATCHING someone fly a Cessna 172 for 1000 hours is gonna teach me to fly a jet? I watched John and Martha King for about 40 hours but that didn't teach me to fly the 172. I had to get some experience in the actual plane before I knew what i was doing. As long as they are trained properly, I believe they will be fine. Corporate jobs hire low time pilots like that all the time if they know they guy.
*sigh*
Some people just DON'T get it. It has nothing to do with straight
hours. It has everything to do with
experience. Think about this:
Who is the better pilot? Pilot A who has 3000 hours flying his 152 around in VFR grabbing that $100 burger at the same 5 airports? Or Pilot B who has 1000 hours, lots of time instructing, flew some charter all over the country in hard IFR, thunderstorms, blizzards, etc., shooting numerous approaches down to mins in all kinds of conditions?
That being said, there is NO WAY someone can have the range of experience necessary to make them a good pilot after just 250 hours. Like someone else said, at 250 hours you have NO CLUE how much stuff you just don't know. Go out and scare yourself and your friends in a Cessna before you go out there and scare 50 paying mothers, daughters, sons and fathers.
I can tell you who I'd rather sit next to...