A and C
Agreed...
There a lot of British Pilots flying American. .built aircraft who are dismissive of American. .Pilots in general. Their (US) accident record is . .very good so I dont quite know what its based. .on. It's arrogance.
Many pilots approaching into LHR today have a 'mere' FAA IR.
There is something wrong with the JAA system that. .means that only single figure numbers of PPL . .IR's are issued yearly in the UK. Its a scandal.
The IR should be seen as a rating to build. .skills upon not as a be all and end all...
This is why the Americans have many PPLs flying . .quite safely on their FAA IRs building experience. .prior to becoming acceptable to the airlines.
Over in the UK its expensive difficult time consuming and at the end of it they say 200 hrs. .oh come back when you have built more experience. .So not surprisingly there lot of ultra-pi55ed. .of people around.
And dont quote the UK Wx special weather clause . .at me - Ive flown out of Teterboro New Jersey US in winter - freezing levels on the surface etc... .Poor vis etc
The JAA should have just subcontacted out to the. .FAA - aviation would boom and there would be more jobs
This whole licensing thing is way too political. .,and it is more about job creation than safety....