When can you say you know enough to be safe in the cockpit?

[overun]

Time for me to shut up,l think.

[compressor stall]

Was talking to a captain who told me his cadet FO told him one day that, "In my experience, experience counts for nothing."

[overun]

Sure you`re right.

ls english you`re first language ? it`s certainly not aviation.

No worries sunbeam.

[bubbers44]

In his experience as a cadet experience meant nothing for one reason, he had none and he was invincible at his age. Experience will easily, in most cases, take you through trouble with no problem. We were probably all dangerous when we were young and foolish. I know I was. I was doing solo spins in an Aeronca 7AC with 7 hrs total time. Didn't know at the time it was stupid. Art Scholl, the well known aerobatic pilot was in charge of our flying club and had a fit when I told him what I was doing thinking I was just learning how to fly. He later let me teach his aerobatics course when I got my instructors rating. I flew his airplane to his air shows so could teach myself aerobatics to and from with a book.