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Old 9th Nov 2010, 18:47
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Sygyzy
 
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Beware what you wish for

Those 300 hour cadets are going to learn precious little in the next ten years if they stay on the 744. If they do 10 actual sectors (T/O and Lndg) per annum they will be considered lucky. 5000 hours and 50 landings in 5-7 years (working hard) won't qualify them for much, certainly not a 744 command and probably not even a 737 command. I doubt very much that they will be fully qualified as F/Os for quite some time.

You need to work up to the jumbo, earn a right of passage. They may be cock of the walk now but will be rueing the day (IMHO) they went straight onto the heavy metal.

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