Originally Posted by
22/04
The wide range of views on here is something I applaud - rather I am concerned by some people who do not live in the real world - this one here.
MPLs are a fact of life- I fly EasyJet and Ryanair and the FOs often look like they should still be at school. Same on SpiceJet and Go-Air in India. I don't see them going away. The US seems to be out of step if anything by still insisting on more experience- I am surprised commercial pressure hasn't led to the same there.
Aeroplanes must be built such that they can be flown by these crews - safely operated all over the world. As I said yesterday, I am not sure certification bodies are doing their duty here.
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It is time for the Regulators and Airlines to realise that flying a jet isn't the simple task that they keep trying to delude themselves into believing, in the name of cost cutting. Hopefully this is the accident that is the turning point in refocusing training and money spent on pilot training.