Japanese investigators said the ANA co-pilot, who was relatively inexperienced, had less than 2,800 flight hours in another 737 version and only 197 hours in the Boeing 737-700 involved in the incident
The hours do not indicate a "relatively inexperienced" pilot although it is highly probable that he was hired initially with the usual 200 cadet flying hours straight from flying school then fed a diet of automation from the time he first entered a 737 simulator.