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Old 29th Jul 2008, 23:32
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yambat
 
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Agree with Nugpot attitude counts, pilot attitude that is . I am lucky to fly heavy jets in what I consider a bush pilot role, can be visual into some African strip with no approach aids at all and also into Atlanta , Orlando , Shanghai a few weeks later. Truthfully it helps if guys have the bush pilot experience in our operation, yet the way we operate we have strict SOP's etc and the benefit of 6 monthly sim rides. We are left a lot on our own as a crew and the dicipline of the airline environment has to interact with the freedom of decision making of the bush pilot, I believe we manage it quite well. A lot of approaches with crappy auto pilot and steam driven instruments, so bush pilots (or guys who have not flown electric jets) tend to shape better, just our operation, attitude counts!
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