Does that mean we no longer need a GA charter or Airwork industry in Australia to feed pilots to the Airlines?
Not according to our airlines. The push for sausage factories...sorry.....academies is a clear indication of this.
The belief that low time pilots in the right hand seat OS are safe simple because of a lack of problems doesn’t mean it’s safe, it just means the latent threats have not become evident. I’ve flown with many very low hour pilots and most are good but the bad ones are an absolute threat, they are full of classroom “wisdom”, but lack the sensibilities that come from time away from the comfort of the flying school.
We we need a GA industry.