Ms. Turret (ozi) wrote ( and then removed it ).....
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"Ryanair is wildly successful, and has no end of enthusiastic young men and women lining up to join, because it offers thing that few other companies do. Sexy brand new jets usually way out of reach for people with next to no experience.."
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Why has it traditionally been a good idea to put people with more than "next to no experience" into the right hand seat of a jet transport ? This is a trend that is spreading within the industry simply because it reduces the wage bill. I fear that only when the insurance companies wise up to this practice ( and that will happen when they are forced to reach into their pockets), will this practice be curtailed. If the premiums set for placing " no / very low experience pilots" in the flight deck, start to outweigh the commercial advantages then this practice will slow down. In my opinion the sooner the better. If some of the companies could get away with only using one driver, then they would do it in a heartbeat. This practice is the best they can get away with at the moment.