Inexperienced Regional Pilots
 

Sad, but true. I question the experience and safety of many of today's Regional Airlines.

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S331920.shtml?cat=1&v=1

Hmmmmm..... Deja vu? At least once a week this still comes up.

I'd say at least twice a week :p

And planes still aren't falling out of the sky.

This week is a banner week though, I am sure more people are talking about this than the Super Bowl . .. ..:eek:

This news story may have been posted here before in another link. However this news story in only 1 week old. It was produced 31 JAN 2008.

well you don't pay cut-throat rates for the "most experianced surgeon". That guys an clown btw.

What kind of turd would compare flying an airplane to brain surgery? Both can be complex and definitely require a lot of skill but I think surgery is a lot less forgiving than flying. Bust an altitude, slide off a runway, or even land on the wrong runway (all pitfalls of inexperience) and you get your wrist slapped or sometimes your ticket revoked but for the most part no one dies or even gets hurt. As far as a surgeon goes all you have to do is make an incision an 8th of an inch to far to the left and little joey is going to be in a wheel chair for the rest of his life. Im sure someone sees this differently than me but hey, gotta vent sometimes.

Im not sure but other than the Pinnacle accident were the other ones even linked to inexperience? Even with the Pinnacle accident I think the outcome of that flight would have been slightly different had there been passengers on board.

I agree this guy is another clown from the media.

I can vouch from assisting with brain and spine surgery for 5 years, that it isn't brain surgery. I've seen alot of mishaps, accidents, things done the wrong way, and "incisions an 8th of an inch too far to the left." Just like flying, 99% of the time things turn out ok. When they don't, doctors are also usually only subject to getting "slapped on the wrist," or do a bit of supervised work. Not that it is insignificant, but when a doctor really messes it up, usually only one person dies. When pilots really mess it up, they take an airplane full of people with them. At least the doctors have malpractice insurance. Pilots are subject to having their estates picked apart by hundreds of angry family members with no insurance provided by the carrier.

I just love the quoted Pinnacle mins. 1000 hours? Where did they get that number from?