Agreements, to a certain extent, to both arguments here.
I agree the Guvnor is not really qualified to make such observations, however I don't think making such a personal character assasination towards him is called for. I too take his (many) postings with a pinch of salt but he's one of the 30,000 with a right to post on Pprune and we have to accept allcomers, even if they irritate us!
Returning to my original agreement, a bit of stick and rudder seat of the pants experience would definitely help in such a situation; if not skill-based but personality & confidence based. Put yourself in a gambling position as a passenger: given the choice of a 10,000 hr CAP509-origin pilot or that of the "flown just about everything" pilot, who would you rather have performing the task?
