Centaurus, your quote:-
Hang on a second here. Passengers read these pages and if they see the words "inexperienced first officers" they are entitled to think what the hell are inexperienced second in command persons are doing on a plane. All the advertisements I see in aviation mags show pilots with lots of gold stripes. Are you saying these guys are inexperienced? I'm outta here until you get two very experienced pilots up front or else I'm going by ships where the First Mate is experienced and not just a kid
Made me laugh. You really think the first mate on some ships nowadays is experienced? I know you probably meant it tongue in cheek but I have sailed with 24yr old First Mates and I can tell you they might know the answers to the questions but have very little real world experience.
And it's not just the deck side you need to worry about. Have a look at the engine room guys too. A huge shortage of experienc nowadays. why? because the industry didnt recruit for a long time and is now suddenly short. Haven't we heard this before somewhere?
