DeFacto:
Just my opinion, but PinHead's questions seem more reasonable than the frankly creepy reposting of them.
If you believe your superior knowledge of FMC wind predictions or the subtleties of noise profiles is going to keep you out of the s**t, then I know who I'd rather be driving.
Back on topic:
From first RHS flight on a twinjet to first LHS flight: 2 years and 1400 hours.
Those days are long gone, of course. The upgrade process alone takes that long sometimes.
I probably couldn't have told you a whole lot more about noise b vs napd 2 beyond what was on the plates and in the manuals, but I didn't seem to crash much.
I guess what I'm saying is that it is at our peril that we examine knowledge, Total time, or years (because it's easily defined, and HR can get involved) instead of ability, aptitude and attitude.