Originally Posted by
porkflyer
Thank you. I agree 100%. Imagine a scenario of a captain incapacitation in rough weather at night with a 250 hours " pilot" having to bring the plane safely on ground. Few will manage ,from my experience. The risk is unacceptable...and it will happen one day or another.
I think that 250 hour pilot should still have safety pilot on board but I know what you mean. However they always told us that the most important thing to success is to convince instructor that we can bring the aircraft back in case something bad happens. And I know there were people fired exactly for this reason.