Originally Posted by
AlphaWhiskyRomeo
"He added he is an 18-year pilot who has logged 12,400 hours flying for China Eastern, mostly on Airbus A-340s like the one he was boarding Tuesday."
Can this be accurate???
This is Yuan Sheng's (chinese pilot) statement:
"My name is Yuan Sheng. I am 39 years old. I was born in Zhangqiu, Shandong Province. After graduating from the Civil Aviation Flight University of China in 1989, I began working for the Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines. This is my 18th year as a pilot there, with more than 12,400 hours of safe flying on record...
...In many other countries, it takes an experienced captain until their 50s or 60s to have a record as high as mine. In the last 18 years, I have never had any accidents and won a silver medal for safe flying..."
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-8-11/44846.html