Bob.... are you for real?
. How, pray tell, do you suggest that a low hours first officer attains the magic '4000 or so hours' on the 'heavy jet? As if by magic they are just going to appear in his logbook overnight?
It strikes me as a trifle odd that you are not willing to give an inexperienced pilot the benefit of the doubt so that he may learn, but instead suggest that he permanently has to stagnate in a pool of inexperience with no means of removing himself..
Means have no experience and shouldn't be here
ditto the above... "shouldnt be here", Flying a jet IS normally a two man job. The problems do arise when one believes it is a single pilot operation. Read "Fate is the Hunter", even that Author (who IS one of the old school) makes special mention of those captains who sought to prove that his presence was unjustified.
I really find it difficult to believe that a 350 hr pilot is in a position to critisize a capt.
However, I was even more surprised to find that an airline would hire a guy with 350hrs
Whats so difficult about that, I would tend to agree with right way up's sentiments. If he is part of the crew then his opinions count! simple fact. As do the opinions of every crew member on board,
. Does one need 1000 hours to know that it is folly to fly at Vmo ? I think you have missed the point, I would suggest that part of being a good captain is understanding your crew, that means tailoring your style to suit. Plenty of airlines hire guys with 350 hours. that total doesnt stay at 350 for long I can tell you.
In fact when speaking to a captain just the other day his brief included a caveat asking the newish first officer to 'pick him up on anything non-standard' As he appreciated that his first officer, due to a LACK of experience, would tend to be doing everything as per Sop's.
Many of today's low time pilots do not have the skills of those of the 70's
however it would appear at least one "very experienced" pilot on here has adopted the attitudes of THAT era.
Tacho