Them and Us
texdoc ,too true in some of your statements...
Mate what about the black hawk guys who drilled in after a training night sortie near townsville..... talk about insurance who was the insurance? Could it have been underwriting by the australian govt?.....Poor guys give their life to the country what happens.
now what would happen if it happen in the civil world , hey they both where twin engine a/c and are capable of flying at night in a charter enviroment....(if they where registered to do so)...
Insurance companies would go through the roof!!!!!
So no doubt when the govt put out a contract or a private firm they require experienced pilots to keep there employees safe, this includes the obvious of risk management and crew resource management. And the experience of a driver to tell the base manager's that he's not going due to weather etc. Without predudice or any problem off getting the flick...
another question could be , that a pilot may have 1000's of hours but if he's not current or recent in his required skills he may as well be back driving piston bangers (47's, J's, r22 and r44's)
this should bring em out.....hehehee