Aviation Expert slams regional pilots
05-13-2009, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Does that include those tac air guys who fly up in Alaska, any of the northern states, Canada. Korea or Japan in the winter, or those fun dets to Norway?
05-13-2009, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by HercDriver130
mil vs. civ who cares as long as they have skills.
05-13-2009, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by FlyingChipmunk
Must be the YMCA flight training program.
05-13-2009, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by SmoothOnTop
Didn't one of those airlines cfit into cali and snap an a300 tail off?
The A300 isn't even the same sport, much less the same ballpark. That was a pilot doing EXACTLY as he was trained to do by the airline.
Can't really use that one to make the point.
05-13-2009, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
I started out as a civilian trained pilot and then went through a military program. I can tell you the two are worlds apart in quality and instructional tools. You also get to experience many things you will only ever talk about in a civilian program. This is not a knock on civilian pilots. Its simply a statement that the military training is light years ahead of most civilian programs. I had one friend in flight school who had 4000 hours and had been a Captain at a regional. He was astounded at the difference in the training and the things he learned and experienced the civilian programs never give you a shot at. Are there bad military pilots yes. Are there great civilian pilots yes. The training however in general is light years ahead in the military.
05-14-2009, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
I started out as a civilian trained pilot and then went through a military program. I can tell you the two are worlds apart in quality and instructional tools. You also get to experience many things you will only ever talk about in a civilian program. This is not a knock on civilian pilots. Its simply a statement that the military training is light years ahead of most civilian programs. I had one friend in flight school who had 4000 hours and had been a Captain at a regional. He was astounded at the difference in the training and the things he learned and experienced the civilian programs never give you a shot at. Are there bad military pilots yes. Are there great civilian pilots yes. The training however in general is light years ahead in the military.
05-14-2009, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Seatownflyer
Well hey, if the tax payers funded my flight school with an almost unlimited cash flow then I guarantee our training would have been light years ahead of other civilian schools as well. duh.
05-14-2009, 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by dojetdriver
If I remember correctly, Cali was the standard human factors accident with all the accompanying things that usually contribute to said type of event.
The A300 isn't even the same sport, much less the same ballpark. That was a pilot doing EXACTLY as he was trained to do by the airline.
Can't really use that one to make the point.
The A300 isn't even the same sport, much less the same ballpark. That was a pilot doing EXACTLY as he was trained to do by the airline.
Can't really use that one to make the point.
Read the report or consider this analogy:
Departing a slush covered runway, the crew should make turns to the left and right on climbout to avoid refreezing of the contaminant on the aileron hinges.
Contrast that with "a pilot, doing EXACTLY as he was trained to do by the airline" completing barrel rolls on the departure climb...
05-14-2009, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by mjarosz
Experts who testified during the first day of NTSB hearings said Renslow who slept in Colgan's flight crew room prior to the flight, violating regulations could have prevented the plane's plunge into a private home had he lowered the nose of the aircraft. Instead, the 47-year-old pilot who took private flying lessons to obtain his commercial license pulled the plane upward.
Sleeping the crew room violation of regulations? You gotta be kidding. And taking private flying lessons to get your commercial? Are there public lessons I can take for much less money?
Get real buddy.
Sleeping the crew room violation of regulations? You gotta be kidding. And taking private flying lessons to get your commercial? Are there public lessons I can take for much less money?
Get real buddy.
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