Originally Posted by
Bealzebub
PilotLZ
Since the late 90’s when Mr O’Leary stated that he only wanted one pilot in the flight deck and clearly that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon, the cheapest interim option was the way to go. At about the same time Joint Aviation Requirements brought the hours for a CPL issue down from 700 hours to 250 hours. This opened the floodgates to a whole generation of “wannabes” who thought that 250 hours was the new golden ticket to the right hand seat of a 737 or A320.
What worries me is when the 250hr cadet becomes a 3000hr Captain, I know several and while they are very compliant with the SOP, sadly this is no substitute for experience and they tend to occupy either end of the personality spectrum ranging from dangerously overconfident to being scared of their own shadow.