cxorcist
However, those are nowhere near as unsafe as rogue incompetence and a lack of inexperience.
And there I was thinking that a lack of inexperience is a good thing
(sorry, couldn't resist)
We all fly with pilots of differing abilities, many of whom perform differently on different days. The presumption of ability and/or expected performance is like walking on thin ice - it should be OK but you never know when the cracks might start to appear. As it happens, I think our operation is fundamentally sound due to strong SOPs (as much as some people like to disparage them) and our monitor/crosscheck philosophy. The vast majority of pilots I fly with are very good, regardless of experience, and I didn't make my point in the previous post trying to defend anyone.
Point taken about intervention.
STP
PS - the ground doesn't always have a PK of 1 but it's fair to say that the best way to make contact with it is wheels first from a stable approach
