Originally Posted by
Atlasisrubbish
This 23 year old must be amazing, through the training system and a Captain at 23!!
The tricky fleet must be what is known as hollowed out, because said individual cannot have enough hours to be referred to as SQEP.
Leadership is definitely required now, it’s pointless having the best toys if your people are walking away, leaving the dead wood.
CAS rolled over in front of the Select Committee when asked if he had enough aircraft; he’ll never be forgotten for his appalling performance.
Not in the 80s. I was a truckie skipper at the age of 24, combat ready, with over 1000 hours on type. Piggy Atherton was also in the same boat. As captain you often had to deal with welfare and (ahem) discipline issues of crew (including engineers - GE and SVC) and pax.
Not suggesting that groundcrew are unfit for top roles at all….Rich Knighton is a class act.