I tip my hat to pilots who have flown single pilot IFR on ad hoc charter. This is hard core flying and make no mistake.
I feel there is a little too much emphasis on "team flying". At the end of the day a non-precision approach in a jet in poor weather is a highly skilled proposition. Someone who has done hundreds in a slightish aircraft is going to be somewhat useful.
Integrated students have flown something akin to 34hrs SOLO in their flying careers. The rest of their time with an INSTRUCTOR. Not a bit of which is Multi Crewl. 3 days on an MCC course is not some panacia <check spelling>.
To regard an ex-air taxi or maybe freight pilot as somewhat inferior due to his time spent flying solo is perverse.
Are RAF fighter pilots 'suspect' as airline pilots because they are used to doing things their own way? Exactly.
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