Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
Once you have more experience you will understand exactly why I’m saying this.
Who is your mentor and chief pilot to see that you are carrying out your operations safely, making good judgement calls and learning from your mistakes?
In a perfect world, yes, mentoring new recruits would be desirable. In reality, at best they get a short induction, then get chucked in the deep end.
I saw a recent advertisement for a chief pilot which required only 500 hours. Most small GA operators hire chief pilots to be the ‘fall guy’ with CASA, push a bit of paperwork, lead the aircraft washing detail (other pilots) and fly maximum revenue hours to justify their salary. In such outfits, where the experience bar is so low and profit margins so tight, chief pilots hardly have time to mentor, even if they did have the background to do it.