Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
*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...
oh cool, i had 510/80 when i got picked up by Trans States, and 200of my hours came from ferrying brand new g1000 airplanes around the midwest, dodging thunderstorms that popped outta nowhere in northern texas, flying down to minimums to take the bosses daughter and friends out for spring break and what so. the other 150 were from being a CFI
so you'd fly with me instead of the 1000 hour guy cfi'ing?