Originally Posted by
paco
As a chief pilot it was always decision making skills that did it for me, not stick time. After 1000 hours, you can't really tell the difference. Doing the circuit is 1 hour 5000 times, not 5000 hours.
Agree to a certain extent. I am check airman for our company and can tell you that the pilots who are former CFI “circuit queens” can actually fly an approach and departure to the Standards set by the FAA in the PTS, (practical test standards), and can actually perform an autorotation without “mentoring”. Those that were not “circuit queens” require “training to proficiency” each year.