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Old 6th Mar 2003, 18:48
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Mister Geezer
 
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This debate has many sides to it. Any average low hour pilot should manage to fly a 737 or a A320 on regular line trips where every approach is a vectored ILS etc and where the automatics can do most of the work if need be. However if we flip the coin and consider a turboprop F/O who might be flying in the far flung regions where crap wx, VOR/DME and NDB/DME approaches with circles to land while on minima are part and parcel of daily life and this can produce a different story. Stick and rudder skills need to be sharp and for some guys 200 hours is not enough for them. Past experience shows that a bright and young low hour F/O will struggle more in that particular prop environment compared to the jet scenario. If he/she was put into a jet then no doubt that person would be doing fine.
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