raw cadets on short haul where they have plenty of opportunity for practice
This hits the nail on the head for me.
I don’t really want some raw cadet practicing with me and my family in the back. In the same way I don’t want a surgeon ‘practicing’ on my appendix, or my accountant ‘practicing’ with my company Tax returns.
This simply highlights that the skills required for piloting a medium sized jet can be achieved with ease by a 250 hr cadet, no experience needed, unlike other professions. So I’m not surprised in the decline in Ts&Cs.
In other words.....It works!
Like anything, “it works"….right up to the point where it doesn’t work.
The trick is to identify what isnt going to work and stop it.
Will there be a hole in the ground attributed to a 250hr Cadet? We don’t know.
But we do know the shouts of “I told you so” from across the industry if it does happen will probably be louder than the impact itself. And that should tell us something.