Originally posted by MungoP:
I would prefer to concentrate on safety and keep these grossly under-experienced jokers away from the sharp end until they've proven themselves on single crew night-freight for a couple of winters. We now have companies advertising for P2s with as little as 250 hrs...
Well, this has been discussed here already. In Europe nearly every airline hires FOs with 250 hours. I cannot see any advantage of pilots having SE pilots with night-freight experience except with flying skills. I fail to see the advantage of an aviation system where 250 hrs SE pilots share the same skies like me
And if they survive, they become solide lonely fighters, having no clue about CRM, bigger aircraft and pax handling.
No, I prefer the European way anytime!
Dani