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What's an extra £50k debt at 8%? Over how many years?
Even the BA future pilot MPL deal will cost around 32k in interest over the 7 year period.
Then look at the no1 killer of western jet pax. It's the no1 priority of the UK CAAs deadly seven: loss of control and reduction in manual flying skills with automation dependency.
5 years down the line the long haul FO has 15h of manual handling time, the Congo pilot has 3000h.
It will take an accident? It already has in the USA where the Colgan q400 crash captain was P2F on a b1900. He failed sim rides but was passed because payingcustomers are always right, right?
Aug 2013. Love it or loath it FAA mandates 1500h to fly any airliner.
Meanwhile EASA allows 70h actual flying and quite a few more in a SIM before low Ts&Cs airline job (MPL).
Time for a middle ground! How about the old uk CAA 700h rule for CPLs. Restore GA with folk who want to learn in an apprenticeship fashion. We have plenty of reliable overseers from the AAIB, Cranfield, RAeS, Military CFS who could work with the CAA for a better training system.
Airline Type rating bonds to be legally binding like mortgages and transferable to new employment.
Last edited by angelorange; 27th Aug 2013 at 13:24.