Originally Posted by
morno
As for pilot experience helping, I completely disagree with what you're saying. A pilot with experience will more likely pick up on the rapid rotation rate earlier in the piece and arrest it.
Why didn't the experienced training captain pick it up? Why didn't the experienced pilots in every other tailstrike that has ever happened in history rotate properly? How would a pilot with a lot of experience flying smaller aircraft with different rotation rates and pitch attitudes pick it up?
Cadets appear to be here to stay, but to say they're just as safe as an experienced direct entry FO is a long stretch.
The ATSB in a study disagree with you. CASA and almost every other regulator in the world disagree with you. Almost every airline in the world, some of whom solely employ cadets disagree with you.
Also, when you've got plenty of experience, you're more likely to be smoother and more controlled with your control inputs.
Again, after you've had plenty of experience in the type you're flying.