they are going right into jets, flying long days in some of the busiest airspace in the world
So now when the man in charge recognized their potential for creating large holes in the landscape when mishandled, are CRJs and ERJs now officially jets and not commuters? If they are, will it reflect on the remuneration of their flightcrews?
If you’ve got experience and you’re not sharing it, you’re doing a disservice to our profession
Now that's plain insulting. We've been hangartalking ever since the first hangar was erected. Problem is that nowadays stories of the old largelly fall on the deaf ears. You can not explain basic aerodynamics to someone who has problems with basic physics and mathematics and got his shiny licence by learning multiple choice tests' answers by heart. Does this FAA fellow have any aviation background at all?
I recall the accident at Pusan.The commander was 30 years old and had total of 6000 hrs.
By industry standards thats young.
You're barking up the wrong tree. Now please remind me what was the experience level of a certain fine Dutch fellow who attempted to take off without clearance and as a result 583 people perished. Or last captain of TC-GEN. Or last captain of HB-IXM.
Why ARE so many planes falling out of the sky?
Because of gravity. And, as Tom Yorke observed, it always wins. If you find this answer trivial or marginaly amusing, congratulations for not being quite dumbed down.