Nowhere near, dear bratko.
Thank you LE, exactly my point. I am not pretending there no meat in Honza's soup. I just hate the spices the way he puts'em in.
I am not about to shield anything by adherence to minimum requirements, that is flawed indeed. Also, it is obvious that ab inito (mainly modular) programmes come nowhere close to in-house cadet schemes say Lufthansa style.
In fact, I had myself joined with the bare minimum of 250 TT and there's little less than thousand more on my log. I will still feel uneasy in my chair tonight but am thankful for having been given tha chance. Honza's genereal point is valid euro-wide, if somebody claims to be a CSA flight crew and immediately shoots the company in the chest - I feel free to stand up.
I am not aware what exactly is that industry standard you are referring to. For the sake of simplicity, Europeanwide. Virgin? Easyjet? Ryanair? AirBerlin? SkyEurope? Baltic? Volare? Wizz? Or perhaps our sweetest Travel/SmartWings? I'll be clear, industry best practice should be our aim, not industry standard. The industry had changed. I like our brand but whenever ALPA guys talk about "major" I shiver. Flag carrier, indeed, but there is a fine line, as you say click.
See my first post again saying just that, I struggle to see the reason for shooting the company for being close to industry standard. Albeit far from best practice.
Sorry click, for editing my post on FTL/duty limit, it was for corectness. I still believe that in-house 12/14 hrs
duty limit is far beyond what I perceive as industry standard.
Frankly, how many of the "operational events" involved
novice pilots screwing up?
That being said, are we ready to have a debate on the raised
facts?
Given the current expansion of airline-like businesses, is the European GA large enough to supply a constant stream 3000+ for the jet right hand seat?
Is there, or is there not in your company push not to fail people to keep the investment into their training? Is there a will to fail or report those performing below
acceptable standards?
Will the pan-european FTL impact the countries with paper box or no rules so to increase expenses for certain companies, thus leveling the playing field and providing some breathing space for those who play fair with their crew and customers? Will the food chain return?
When the lo-co market is saturated, will these companies start to provide the pool of experienced pilots and will the major and flag carriers be re-invented, especially in "new"Europe?
What about the bloody trains? Will regional part of the business survive, how long?
Where do I file an application for SpaceShip1 cadet training programme?
Yeah whatever, it is lunch time.
Bye, pals.
FD.
Edited after the first and only sentence had been submitted by mistake.