Originally Posted by
AIMINGHIGH123
Jesus what did I just read.
Disagree completely.
Flying a piston is very different from airline flying.
As I said before we had an instructor recently wash out from our airline. 8 years of instructor experience. He could fly and land but his commercial experience was so bad they had to let him go. 3 attempts at LT.
Our best pilots coming through are MPL guys/gals at the moment.
Other points have been made systems knowledge. I don’t fly and Airbus but from what I have read and heard you can get into trouble if you don’t know your systems.
Boeing's have some similar issues. FCLH thrust hold, altitude level off settings in FLCH vs VNAV, inappropriate use of V/S at altitude and climbing, or descending, at a rate outside of the ability of the airplane.
I agree that flying a piston is different. But experience helps in learning, especially at the lower end of experience.