Link:
http://www.chirp.co.uk/Downloads/ATFB/ATFB101.pdf
"The Air Transport
Advisory Board concluded that it is relevant to highlight
the concerns expressed by some experienced line and
training captains regarding experience levels,
competence and fitness to undertake a duty."
Well done ATAB!
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"I find the present bunch of junior First Officers very keen
and motivated but sadly woefully undertrained. They
have been taught to master the Flight Management
System but not taught the basics of flying or landing the
aeroplane."
Minimal Flying experience and lack of confidence is down to poor training and lack of practice in manual flying.
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"banning junior First Officers from reduced flap landings
or tailwind landings.
Coupled with a new bunch of inexperienced Captains,
the company finds itself on a bit of a tightrope where
safety is concerned"
So what happens if the Captain cops it and these FOs have to cope with dodgy wx, foreign ATC and perhaps another system issue?
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"When I ask these FOs why they don't go fatigued there
are several reasons, including the fact that they feel if
they go fatigued when they come up for an interview
with the company for a permanent position, this will be
held against them along with any sick days they have
had. Also, some FOs are only paid by the hours which
they fly and, as they are already in so much debt, they
choose to fly."
Very similar to Colgan
Pilots in Buffalo Crash Were Set Up for Fatigue, Officials Say at Hearing - NYTimes.com
"First Officer Shaw's commute and low pay, Colgan's pilot hiring and training practices, and pilot fatigue. A transcript of the cockpit voice record is released; it notes sounds similar to yawns from both pilots and frequent sniffles from First Officer Shaw. "If I call in sick now," she says, "I've got to put myself in a hotel until I feel better." She also talks about having made $15,800 in her first year at Colgan"
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"The CAA expects airlines to be able to demonstrate an
understanding of the type of flying that it operates and be
able to demonstrate how they manage their specific
operational risks (one of which could be the use of cadet
pilots). This would be an organisational responsibility that
the CAA would expect to see demonstrated."
Come on Airlines - how do you manage this additional risk?
Maybe learn from the past?
Britannia used to send cadets to macAlpines to fly HS125 before B737s
1980s BA cadets on L1011 Tristars had a FE in the rear to add CRM
TCX/My Travel used to send cadets to get Upset recovery training in aerobatic aeroplanes and then off to Flybe on Q400 to fly TPs for a while.