Originally Posted by
MissChief
What a foolish comment. The low-hours pilots graduating from Hamble, Oxford and Perth had not simply completed 200 hours GA flying. How inaccurate. Au contraire, one can complete 5000 hours of GA flying and remain a liability in the cockpit of a multi-crew airliner.
I they only had 200 plus hours of instruction before joining BOAC/ BEA. No other “ GA” flying.
And as to the comment about no female candidates, yes correct, but that was the scenario in those distant times. Female cabin crew maximum age on joining was 26 with a 10 year contract, and retirement at 35. Seems archaic now, but the World changes fortunately.