Busterplane I agree with you.
I never instructed but after qualifying was fortunate enough to get a job flying F27s on night freight routes. Those first few months taught me more than my previous 2+ years of training for the ATPLs.
Now I'm ready to move onto the jet fleets but if I'm honest I certainly wasn't when I was fresh out of Flying School. You make a very good point when you say flying modern aircraft is a "hands-off" matter. The F27 is certainly the opposite & has given me loads of knowledge to carry forward.
WWW...I think that you'll find the Crossair 146 that crashed last year on a VOR approach was a combination of inexperienced Captain (on type) & F/O with very few flying hours.
