DominicYPGV,
- Weather radar interpretation takes a long time to learn in my opinion.
- Local knowledge is not taught in a course.
- Big picture situational awareness takes years to develop.
- Real situations are nealry always very different than the sim.
- If I am faced with a potentially dangerous development, it is more often experience that will get me out of it and experience that helps me avoid it in the first place. Training is great for CRM, systems knowledge and emergency management, I don't disagree with that.
If you ask me, the control seat of a jet is no place to have L plates.
Lets face it, most of what we learn comes from trial and error.
The thing is you have to baby-sit the buggers! Watch them like a hawk.
Maybe it's just me, but when I had 1000hrs I was freaking dangerous.