Originally Posted by
Steve the Pirate
But that's not the argument. No-one's advocating that all passenger flights should be crewed by only brand new MPL cadets.
STP
Why not? What is the added value of crewing it with the experienced Capt. McCrusty? If I'm to believe some people on here, there's no difference between Senior FO's and brand new cadets. Yet SFO's tend to get upgraded and fly with these cadets immediately after. This would lead me to conclude that Captains are not much different from SFO's who are in turn the same as SO's. If only someone would be able to demonstrate this the debate would be finished.
Until that time I'll hold off on my conclusions. Being a cadet is on the job learning and it should be treated as such. There is nothing against it if you have a sufficiently experienced population to absorb it. As a pilot you might never stop learning, but the curve definitely gets asymptotic the more experience is gained.