Originally Posted by
lederhosen
The selective quoting by Captain South is rather misleading. My first line in post 44 was:
Busting minima should not be taken lightly and will be properly investigated.
Is this a skill set issue? there is no evidence so far about the quality of their flying. You can question their judgement but not their flying skills.
I am a retired 737 and Airbus captain with a lifelong interest in flight safety. So I am not sure what my views have to do with feeder carriers. I think we can learn quite a lot from incidents like this, but in a slightly more nuanced way than little fxkker drivers bad…..big airline drivers good.
I doubt this is a skill set issue. Nobody who has done both thinks “ Fokker bad… airline good”
Pilots in WA are battle-hardened. Its a tough gig.
Hardest job I ever had was single Pilot IFR in a light turboprop. Boeings are easy in comparison.
Its the operational environment.
I will say it again ….Wild West and Third World.
And that is being unkind to parts of the Third World……..