Originally Posted by
dr dre
I think you mean AF447, but wasn’t it two American pilots with previous light aircraft “real flying experience” who did the exact same thing on Colgan 3407....?
So from memory, CMIIAW, the captain had between 3K and 5K experience yes. More importantly however, he had failed pretty much every check ride available, failed upgrade, lied about those failures to get hired at Colgan, and continued to fail there. Should never have been in the cockpit of an airline. The FO really didn't help, but I feel it was mostly this PIC who caused the crash. Just because you have kept a 172 aloft for a few thousand hours doesn't guarantee you are airline material. Selection, preferably early in the training should be strict. One of the reasons IMNSHO the military is successful is not just their training but the failure rate before and during training: if you are not good enough you will not get your wings. Hiring everyone with 1500+ hours is just as st@pid as hiring everyone with €200K.