This is not in defence of the ICAO proposal (which seems pretty whacky we'd all agree) but in response to the standard cadet 'wisdoms' being spun here. Why do most pilots in Mac Job's books have remarkably high experience levels. Its not unusual to read about pilots with >15000 hours experience or combined crews with >30,000 hours experience. We recently saw a 13000 hour plus RFDS pilot (who met all the definitions of experience as spouted here) involved in a CFIT in Mt Gambier. How could these pilots have accidents? Should we assume from this that experienced pilots are dangerous? Or perhaps we should assume that there are thousands of contributing factors to accidents/incidents, not just pilot experience levels.
How do RAAF transport & maritime pilots get commands? Is their RH seat experience worthless? Do they only start gaining experience when they get to the LH seat? As a tax payer I am outraged that we let pilots fly in C130Js and AP-3Cs without 4000 hours single engine time in the NT
