Originally Posted by
Compylot
I think you'll find that Airline pilots aren't particularly sought after for GA gigs even if they might of done it in a past life.
With modern aircraft being very easy to fly and the over reliance on automation, ex airline pilots have really struggled to adapt back to the complexity of operating light aircraft as a single pilot and many just don't make the cut.
Flying a heavy single or turbocharged piston twin is a strenuous exercise and sadly years of watching the autopilot have rendered most Airline pilots incapable of managing such aircraft again.
Ahhh it’s you again......
Btw there has never really been a mass transition of airline pilots back to GA since like, forever, certainly not now as it’s still only just beginning, so I don’t know how you can say “many just don’t make the cut”. It’s more your assumptions and prejudices which make you think that airline pilots won’t make the cut. An aircraft is an aircraft, I’m sure after a bit of refamiliarisation most pilots, even long time airline pilots will “make the cut”.
And if you looked inside one of today’s light aircraft, even pistons, you’d probably be surprised at the level of automation and avionics inside of one.