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Old 5th Sep 2022, 14:33
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I was simply expressing my opinion that someone who flies his own personal aircraft every once in a while (and was apparently, as per the press, grounded for a considerable amount of time until recently because of ill health) will face bigger challenges in the event of a catastrophic failure than someone who is a commercial pilot and flies day and day out, e.g. when it comes to memory items and acting instinctively. Someone with 1 flight hour is as much type rated as someone with 15.000 flight hours, but I don't think anyone would regard them to be on the same level when it comes to handling potentially catastrophic, unusual problems. All I was saying that because of this it might take such a pilot slightly longer to assess the situation correctly, trouble-shoot appropriately etc. and at 36.000 every second counts. It does not mean that I am blaming anyone.
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