Originally Posted by
novice110
j3pipercub,
Yes I agree the 'safety warrior' was unjustified. I didn't want to upset anyone, my apologies.
The 'first job out of school' is a reality that I have flown with though. Good luck to them, honestly. I just prefer pilots with some experience, that's all.
At least you are not upset with me politely asking new FOs their experience levels before we fly. I hope the others aren't !
Novice some of the first things I ask for after the niceties are out of the way, if I haven’t flown with a particular FO before, is a bit of their background experience. How am I supposed to know how comfortable the guy is going to be if I don’t ask.
So I completely agree with your idea on that