News Story on ABC
02-02-2008 | 11:40 AM
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02-02-2008 | 01:02 PM
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From: UPS 757/767 Capt ONT
"If i'm not mistaken, on a side note, when airlines were looking for pilots in the 60's and 70's, most of those guys were just found off the street and put in through training"
Yes, you're mistaken. I was there in the 70's and it wasn't like that. Maybe in the early 60's, but still, they went to the F/E seat and didn't train in sims. They trained in the real thing, to proficieny, thus proving they were somewhat competent to do the job.
Yes, you're mistaken. I was there in the 70's and it wasn't like that. Maybe in the early 60's, but still, they went to the F/E seat and didn't train in sims. They trained in the real thing, to proficieny, thus proving they were somewhat competent to do the job.
02-02-2008 | 01:06 PM
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one more thing......abc can get this piece and sit on it.... just trying to scare the general public as usual.... i think that in the US we have very good experienced pilots that are safe and competent... all you have to do to understand this is to visit any flight school doing international training for countries like mexico and china.... 100's of 21-25 yr olds who get their commercial instrument and multi in the usa and go straight back to their county of orgin to fly 737's....now thats scary!!!
02-02-2008 | 01:20 PM
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i think that in the US we have very good experienced pilots that are safe and competent... all you have to do to understand this is to visit any flight school doing international training for countries like mexico and china.... 100's of 21-25 yr olds who get their commercial instrument and multi in the usa and go straight back to their county of orgin to fly 737's....now thats scary!!!
02-02-2008 | 02:29 PM
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I'm really really glad they went easy on us as far as flight time required to fly for the airlines, 1500 for majors vs 500 for regionals. In reality it looks much worse than that, probably more like 5000 vs 500. I liked how they also mentioned that experience has nothing to do with the past crashes, then what was the point of the story, to scare the public??
02-02-2008 | 02:32 PM
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I'm really really glad they went easy on us as far as flight time required to fly for the airlines, 1500 for majors vs 500 for regionals. In reality it looks much worse than that, probably more like 5000 vs 500. I liked how they also mentioned that experience has nothing to do with the past crashes, then what was the point of the story, to scare the public??
02-04-2008 | 02:20 PM
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From: FO
Military pilots have relatively few flight hours and they fly nukes around.
Granted, some regionals have better training than others, but in the end its about quality more than quantity of experience. And basically I think alot comes down to each person individually- maybe thats a product of culture at each airline to promote excellence.
In any case, there's a captain there to make the tough decisions, the FO only really needs to be able to fly the plane and thats what the training teaches. Eventually with enough exposure the low-time FOs will learn how to think like a captain.
Granted, some regionals have better training than others, but in the end its about quality more than quantity of experience. And basically I think alot comes down to each person individually- maybe thats a product of culture at each airline to promote excellence.
In any case, there's a captain there to make the tough decisions, the FO only really needs to be able to fly the plane and thats what the training teaches. Eventually with enough exposure the low-time FOs will learn how to think like a captain.
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