Ryanair pilot exodus to Easyjet
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 33
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From: North West
A lot of people tend to forget this and it really make me laugh. The majority of pilots will start their career with 200hrs there abouts. Agreed that only a small proportion of these will go straight onto Jets but whether it be Jets or Turbo probs or even air taxi - the fact is its still a low hours pilot with little experience. Whether your flying a single piston prop with 4 pax or a jet with 130 pax, you still have a job to do and the safety of the pax to deal with!!
Everyone has to start out somewhere and just by flying a type of aircraft (like a 152) for 1000hrs does not necesaarily make you a better pilot in a mulit crew environment than someone with 200hrs!
The fact of the matter is i would feel much safer being a pax on an aircraft with KLM and BA as i know they have stringent selection for their low hours pilots and they will be upto the necessary standard.
I don;t think the number of hours you have tells the story of how good a pilot you are by any means.
Speak to any captains and they will say to you they still learn new things each time they fly. The day you think your better than the aircraft and know it all already is when an accident is going to happen!
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Everyone has to start out somewhere and just by flying a type of aircraft (like a 152) for 1000hrs does not necesaarily make you a better pilot in a mulit crew environment than someone with 200hrs!
The fact of the matter is i would feel much safer being a pax on an aircraft with KLM and BA as i know they have stringent selection for their low hours pilots and they will be upto the necessary standard.
I don;t think the number of hours you have tells the story of how good a pilot you are by any means.
Speak to any captains and they will say to you they still learn new things each time they fly. The day you think your better than the aircraft and know it all already is when an accident is going to happen!
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