Bealzebub
EASA has presided over a change in the pilot training system that has gone from allowing those with talent and determination to get into the business to a system that is based entirely on how much money you can afford.
Some of the things seen in the French documentary are shocking, how on earth can the guy who did a full days flying and then had to travel for hours on a bus not going to suffer from long term fatigue ? And that is without the fact he is paying to do so!
How come the EASA operations inspectors are not picking up on the flight safety issues of this practice ?
It is no wonderthe basic flying skills are eroding , very highly reliable automated aircraft, pilots some of who have only a few hours of actual solo flight and those pilots so fatigued that the safest way to fly is with heavy reliance on the automatics.
IMO EASA has been found lacking in its oversight of both flight operations and aircraft maintenance, it is out of touch with reality, burocratic and expensive, all in all it mirrors perfectly its big brother the EU.
A few years back at a House of Commons transport committee meeting the late Glynith Dunwoody MP said EASA was not fit for perpouse and an accident waiting to happen, I have never before or since seen sutch clarity of thought from a Labour MP.
Last edited by A and C; 1st Jan 2015 at 18:22.