I guess I’m having a hard time understanding any circumstances that would allow a pilot to graduate from any initial training with any airline, anywhere, pass the initial proficiency check, and still not know how to land the airplane. However, it is becoming apparent to me that this does occur … and my incredulity stems from the fact that I’m continually hearing that the responsibility for having such an untrained and ill-prepared pilot is the fault of that untrained pilot!
What kind of regulatory approval exists for those airlines?
To what kind of acceptance process is the training program subjected?
Who does the final approval of the training program content?
Who trained the instructors?
What is expected from the instructors and evaluators?
What the heck are the instructors doing?
Who oversees the training process?
What evaluator would accept such “proficiency” demonstration?
And those kinds of questions can go on and on and on …. But perhaps the very last straw would be (at least in my world) … why would the other pilot in the cockpit with such an ill-prepared and/or error-prone pilot, continue to agree to subject themselves (not to mention the remainder of the crew and passengers!) to the continued incompetency of a pilot who apparently has no clue about how to land the airplane – every time, all the time, each time, both professionally and safely?