Originally Posted by
ETOPS240
Yes, because in the last few months in the US, we haven't had:
A WN 737 written off in LGA.
A WN 737 landing at the wrong airport, very nearly being a hull loss.
A UPS A300 crash due to ineptitude on the instrument approach.
A US A320 bent (write-off) due to the pilots abhorring T/O after V1.
Seems like a great system. FAA training is a global joke.
In the US, pilots of boeings are experienced. This goes to show that experience does not equal safety.
Last year the US mainline jet operators had the lowest rate of accidents per 100,000 hours in the world. This trend has been the case for every year for the last 20 years. FAA ratings are a joke ?
I don't think so. What is a joke is thinking passing a bunch of ATPL exams full of stupid arcane and utterly irrelevant questions but having no actual experience actually flying an airplane is a sensible system for selecting aircrew.
Personally I like the idea of flying on a US airline where the brand new new hire FO has more experience than the Captain of the European LOCO Boing/Airbus....