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Old 12th Apr 2008, 23:40
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Dog One
 
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The last Metro accident, from a world wide data base, was Feb 2006. Lots of hours flown since then by Metro operators world wide. I found the Metro a challenging aircraft to fly, but once mastered, there were few surprises. There appears to be a problem with recurrent training now, as the experience base is declining as people move on to larger aircraft. Low experience trainers means the overall proficiency level of an organisation is lower. I remember the ATSB report on a training incident in Canberra, where, through lack of knowledge of the systems, the aircraft was put into jeopardy.
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