hours equals experience
11-29-2008 | 12:16 PM
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11-29-2008 | 12:19 PM
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if we all stayed on topic instead of making personal attacks there would be less random tangents.
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11-29-2008 | 12:22 PM
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I have 5000 hours and am learning every day. Am I a better pilot than I was at 4000? Yeah.
Some folks 'get it' sooner than others and that's great. But in general more hours means you've seen more and know what to do in a given situation and what your personal limits are. And your airplane's limits and how it behaves in certain circumstances.
More hours doesn't mean better pilot in the 'stick and rudder' sense, but it usually means better judgement simply because the high time pilot will have seen more things than the low time pilot.
Some folks 'get it' sooner than others and that's great. But in general more hours means you've seen more and know what to do in a given situation and what your personal limits are. And your airplane's limits and how it behaves in certain circumstances.
More hours doesn't mean better pilot in the 'stick and rudder' sense, but it usually means better judgement simply because the high time pilot will have seen more things than the low time pilot.
11-29-2008 | 12:25 PM
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11-29-2008 | 12:38 PM
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I think it's interesting all this talk about the 1000 hr mark. In the military, you are eligible for Aircraft Commander at 1000 TT. The guys that fly some of the fighters have only about 250 TT before taking their first flight in the jet. Some planes (the A-10 for example) don't have 2-seat models, so the first time a new student steps in one, it is a solo. Again, flight hours is not the same as experience.
11-29-2008 | 12:41 PM
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Yes thanks. It's just a plane. Not near as nice as the mainline aircraft it tries to be. I can't stand getting nomenclature incorrect. Also, I don't have a backpack, or an ipod, don't spike my hair, (can't afford backbacks, ipods, or hair gel), and figured out how to wear my epaulets. I'm just giving him a hard time on that last stuff, because it's definitely not a majority of people who do that stuff. But seriously, get the nomenclature right.
11-29-2008 | 12:56 PM
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I think it's interesting all this talk about the 1000 hr mark. In the military, you are eligible for Aircraft Commander at 1000 TT. The guys that fly some of the fighters have only about 250 TT before taking their first flight in the jet. Some planes (the A-10 for example) don't have 2-seat models, so the first time a new student steps in one, it is a solo. Again, flight hours is not the same as experience.
11-29-2008 | 01:15 PM
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Side note XJkid stop eggin everyone on. I have read alot of your posts and your just askin for this type of crap.
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11-29-2008 | 01:35 PM
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Generally, 1000 hours would be better.
It is a saying that I once heard from an old, wise pilot. Having "1 hour 1000 times" implies that no experience was gained during that 1000 hours, or that no learning took place.
"A good pilot is always learning."
It is a saying that I once heard from an old, wise pilot. Having "1 hour 1000 times" implies that no experience was gained during that 1000 hours, or that no learning took place.
"A good pilot is always learning."
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