SSG - What I was trying to say is that the type of experience is very important.
Say I have 1500 hours on the piper cub. Those 1500 hours will have given me so and so much experience of a certain type. I might know where I can expect to find turbulence at my home field with different winds, I might be very proficient with stick and rudder and I'll certainly know that it's important to fly the plane until it has come to a full stop. In short, I might be very proficient in that type of operation and certainly, I'll have a few pieces of experience to take with me on to bigger types, general airmanship being one of them.
For me to continue learning in a new type of operation, I might have cabin crew to consider, a gate agent, a copilot, a fueling guy and so on, I'll need to have a good attitude towards learning. If this is the case, I'll be able to take in tips and hints and make something of them.
In short, If you don't have experience, you need the proper attitude. Being experienced though, does not mean that you don't have the proper attitude.
With proper attitude I mean a willingness to learn.
Arctic Circle - The "buy your job" thing that's going on is definately a big issue in this aswell. Unfortunately I don't think this outfit will ever pay for the typerating and so the problems will invariably continue...
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