[QUOTE] rather suspect that the person who qualified with 200 hours and has spent the last 2000 on a (737/320) will be infinitely more prepared to deal with an emergency on that type, than someone who has 2000 hours as an FI and has just moved onto the type. /QUOTE]
Good observation that.
On the other hand try this. The person with 2000hrs FI/ air taxi/ multi instruction etc versus the 200hr wannabee. Well you work it out, I know from experience that after being a flying instructor both PPL and CPL, flying air taxi and survey single pilot. Bringing this type of experience into the flight deck is a damn sight more useful than what the 200hr cock sure wannabee can offer.
[QUOTE]. Single pilot light GA handling skills are worth
all to an airline pilot compared to good CRM skills and shed loads of hours in GA aircraft without adequate training is worth !!!! all to the GA pilot./QUOTE]
Obviously a biased view, I take it that you have an empty log book then. Whether you have zero MP time or whatever the MPL gives you when you join a company. CRM in a real flight deck will be somewhat different from horsing around with your chums in a sim at flight school playing airline pilot. For what its worth its no big deal, people seem to learn sops quick and as a rule have good crm. Try flying an NDB let down on your own in a twin for real sometime.
As for the "go it alone" and "maverick tendencies"? I have to disagree, most of us come from a GA or military background, both indicative of single pilot flying. Emergency drills are well rehearsed both in the flight deck and in the sim. Every six months you have to reach the minimum standard. SOPs dont cover every situation, sometimes you have to be able to think outside the loop (airmanship). Something that can only be gained by flying aeroplanes alot.