Yes...but,
Nice post Chimbu, as said above.
However, whilst I appreciate the value (and importance) of experience, especially in the context of the RFDS case, wouldn't you agree that if someone cannot fly a circling approach at night in a machine they are endorsed on, then they should not have been issued with a MECIR in the first place???
If I can do it, like I have before, surely anyone can. I would've thought that going from a complex piston twin such as those you stated into a King Air, for example, would amount to a reduced workload since, as you say, there is less planning/engine management involved.
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