ELAC:
Yes, to a degree perhaps I am fixating on your "far too many" statement. But, "If only a few ... is far too many", well there have always been "a few", so what exactly is new under the sun?
What's new under the Sun is the total ineptness with the Turkish Air and Colgan crews; the obvious lack of basic attitude instrument flying skills.
About RNP AR qualification, the answer is no, the regulatory authority that has jurisdiction over my carrier has yet to implement that standard, and as a consequence it is not in use with my company. But then, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
It's pertinent because you come across as being a state-of-the-art pilot unlike those of us who have been "expelled from the club." Sounds like your operations today are much like what we did in the Dark Ages.
