Right Way Up
Quite some years ago I was flying with an Australian Domestic Airline who had quite a character of a Captain. This very large fellow was determined to be one of the highest " houred " pilots of all time. If I recall correctly he had 30000 + hours . Many people would say " wow , he has plenty of experience " !!!
However---- he flew the DC4 & 6's and a lot of freighters.
Without any exaggeration as soon as the aircraft was " clean " he would hand over to the F/O and go to SLEEP until close to the latter stage of descent.
Sure , this guy had plenty of hours but at least 75% of them would have been whilst asleep !!!!!!!!!!.
Many hours do not make an experienced Captain in a lot of circumstances and this is a prime example.
Experience is learned and can't be done whilst asleep.
A pilots hours are a good yardstick but it's very important to see just what those hours were gained on and under what conditions.