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So...the crosswind limit is in place is due to cheaper insurance rates......doesn't that spell it out for you?
The reason the insurance actuaries and the insurance companies
place a premium on experience level should then be obvious to you..should it not?
I can remember, when as a new F/O on the Classic, the left seater keeping his hands near the yoke during my first of couple of years. Looking back now, I can appreciate his apprehension. Until I learned how to land the airplane in a crosswind with wings level and on the centerline....and until I could project the required level of comfort through demonstrated skill....and not by self proclamation...they were right to be careful.
The limits are in place until one upgrades...fom JFO to F/O...to Captain. No amount of stamping your feet will ever change that.
There is a direct actuarial link between lack of experience and aviation mishaps. As there is a link in every profession between experience and how well one performs his job. Raw skills and basic talent are not limited to experience levels. But then raw skill and basic talent are only a small part of what makes a skilled and experienced professional. Which is why in every profession the experienced and members of that profession can attract the higher pay.
As in most things....money talks.
Last edited by raven11; 18th April 2012 at 12:23.