Go spend a year on a regional jet in the continental USA, then tell me about incompetent....have a look at schedule patterns, equipment, and airspace complexity, airports, and last but not least, weather conditions they operate in day in and day out.....
Maybe knowledge level to OBTAIN the license is "back to basics", but the flying experience gained subsequently at any jet-flying regional requires a skill level on par with anything else out there.....ask yourselves what % of the tech knowledge (omitted on the FAA exam,) you were required to pass to get your JAA, Ozzie, or similar, is actually put to use in your big boy day-to-day ops.
Last edited by ironbutt57; 6th Jul 2012 at 07:25.