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Old 15th Mar 2003, 10:34
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Question Why have experienced turbine pilots ?

Ok, so you only want to employ "experienced turbine pilots !!"

however

"no one is ever born an experienced turbine pilot" !!!! (or maybe you were)

and what will happen when the industry runs out of this elite specialised group of turbine pilots to employ ???
- they will have to eventually employ a "non-turbine" pilot.

In regards to the RAAF, I read in the book "going solo" how once all ab-initio training was in a Macchi including 1st solo !!!!

In regards to that picture of expensive damage to a turbine, I could easily post many pictures of aircraft damage just as expensive in which the cause was not related to the engines / pilot experience.

Accidents are inevitable and if we going to flash a picture of a damaged turbine blade as a reason not to employ inexperienced turbine pilots, we might as well flash pictures of aircraft accidents as reasons not to ever fly in the first place.

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