I flew two days back to back in the same conditions to the same destination. On the first day a MPL cadet on his first day after line check. The second day an FO with thousands of hours turbo prop time and also just released from line training on the airbus. The MPL guy was miles better in every aspect, SAW hand flying ops and tech knowledge. If I had passed out in flight I would have been far happier been with the first guy than the second.
I usually find the people who complain most about low hour cadets is the people who have never flown with them or got a chip on their shoulder because they never got straight on to your middle weight jet.
Let’s face it a more structured sim training schedule taught for that specific jet is far more beneficial than teaching some else straight and level in a c150 for 1500 hrs.
P.s No I wasn’t a 200hr cadet nor a 1500hr ‘sky god’.