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It would be nice to only employ "experienced" pilots, but where do you suggest they get their "experience"?
In Europe for example there is no great GA pool of experienced pilots or large ex Military to recruit from. Therefore for many years now many airlines have recruited a large proportion of their new hires from reputable flying schools.
In my UK airline many 250 plus hour cadet pilots have joined and flown with complete safety on 737/A320 etc. aircraft, after the correct route flying mentoring . We also do not go down the S/O Cruise Pilot scenario. All pilots are trained and released to line flying as fully qualified to operate on a two man flight deck.
Many are now Captains on 777/787/747/A380. after gaining more "experience"
They all had the required regulatory "experience" after training and released to the Line. We have no safety problem at all. Obviously further experience/skills are accrued with time.
Or perhaps you can give me the alternate statistics.
Last edited by cessnapete; 4th Apr 2018 at 11:26.